The search for meaning in patient care and medical training
Study on medical students' sense of purpose: Motivation, crises of meaning, dealing with patients and need for support
Felix M. Albrecht (doctoral student) in cooperation with Prof Garbiele Lutz (Professorship of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy); Prof Pascal Beberat, Gina Atzeni and colleagues (TU & LMU Munich)
Project overview
Doctoral project: The aim of this study was to use quantitative and qualitative methods to collect initial data on the experience of meaning among medical students at two different study locations. The study explored students' motivation for studying medicine, how they deal with their sense of meaning, crises of meaning and, on the other hand, how patients deal with questions of meaning and the need for support in dealing with sense of meaning and crises of meaning. Initial results were published in 2024.
Further information
- Publication:Albrecht F, Lutz G, Atzeni G, Berberat PO, Matcau P, Jedlicska N, Kiessling C. Insights into the meaning of medical students' studies. An online survey at two medical faculties. GMS J Med Educ. 2024;41(4):Doc45. DOI: 10.3205/zma001700
- Doctoral candidate and contact for further questions: Felix Albrecht
Support
Angelika Taetz-Harrer, M. Sc.
Researcher
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Chair for the Education of Personal and Interpersonal Competencies in Health Care
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
58455 WittenRoom number: 2.355
Prof. Dr.
Claudia Kiessling
Chair holder
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Chair for the Education of Personal and Interpersonal Competencies in Health Care
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
58455 WittenRoom number: C-2.319
