38 results for "Neufeld, Adam"
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Virtual Care Use: Profiles of Physician Motivation and Differences in Workplace Need Fulfillment
CONTEXT: Physicians appear to vary in their motivation towards using virtual care, but to what extent remains unclear. According to self-determination theory (SDT), people’s motivation towards tasks or activities can be autonomous, controlled, or both, resulting in groups of individuals with…
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Cultivating physician empathy: a person-centered study based in self-determination theory
While physician empathy is a vital ingredient in both physician wellness and quality of patient care, consensus on its origins, and how to cultivate it, is still lacking. The present study examines this issue in a new and innovative way, through the lens of self-determination theory. Using survey…
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How medical students cope with stress: a cross-sectional look at strategies and their sociodemographic antecedents
BACKGROUND: Medical training can be highly stressful for students and negatively impact their mental health. Important to this matter are the types of coping strategies (and their antecedents) medical students use, which are only characterized to a limited extent. A better understanding of these…
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Supporting Basic Psychological Needs in Medical Education: A Patient Best Practice
Physician burnout remains a pervasive challenge in medical education, with significant implications for both physician well-being and the quality and safety of patient care. Despite growing awareness and interventions, medical educators often lack a cohesive theoretical framework that explains how…
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Linking Life Aspirations to Functional Medical Conditions: A Goal Contents Theory Perspective
Psychological and motivational factors are implicated in various medical conditions, yet the link between physical health and life aspirations, as defined in Self-Determination Theory (SDT), remains underexplored. To address this gap and advance theory, we conducted a preliminary investigation of…
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Family Physician Motivation and Well-Being in the Digital Era
PURPOSE: Family physicians rapidly shifted to using virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it is largely unknown if this change has impacted their workplace motivation. A better understanding of this matter is essential for optimizing the integration of virtual care into standard practice…
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Autonomy Versus Independence: Implications for Resident and Faculty Engagement, Performance, and Well-Being
Description Research shows that when educational leaders support their learners’ autonomy, it positively impacts both parties. This is particularly important in graduate medical education (GME), given that there is a strong emphasis on resident performance, evaluation, and development…
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Virtual Care Integration: Balancing Physician Well-Being
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: According to self-determination theory (SDT), fulfillment of three basic psychological needs—autonomy, competence, and relatedness—positively impacts people’s health and well-being. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an accelerated adoption of virtual care practices coincided…
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Taking the PULSE mentorship program “virtual”: reflections by the program coordinators
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Community physician perceptions of managing complex child and adolescent psychiatric patients: a self-determination theory perspective
Children and adolescents with complex mental health needs often require a level of care that is unsustainable in tertiary settings. Yet, the psychological impact of this on community physicians, who are tasked with providing quality care to this population, is not well understood. Grounded in…
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The Clinical Ultrasonography Elective in Clerkship (CUSEC): A pilot elective for senior clerkship students at the University of Saskatchewan
We created a clinical ultrasound (CUS) elective in clerkship, which gave medical students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and technical skills while refining their CUS-related clinical decision making. This elective uniquely allowed medical students to integrate their CUS knowledge and…
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Examining Resident Burnout Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory: The Role of General Causality Orientations
Background Burnout continues to plague graduate medical education, and theory-informed approaches are lacking for effectively tackling this problem. Studies on personal factors that explain physician burnout have also neglected the role of self-determination. In self-determination theory, general…
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Towards a better understanding of medical students’ mentorship needs: a self-determination theory perspective
INTRODUCTION: Mentorship programs are ubiquitous in medical education. However, few emphasize equal development for learners and mentors, or incorporate clinical skills, which may be important for promoting medical students’ self-determination. Central to this consideration are the three basic…
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When medical students are autonomously motivated to mentor: a pilot study on confidence in clinical teaching and psychological well-being
INTRODUCTION: Near peer mentorship (NPM) programs can help support medical students’ well-being. Most studies, however, have not accounted for students’ underlying motives to mentor, nor focused on clinical skills development and teaching. These limitations represent opportunities to better…
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Peers United in Leadership & Skills Enhancement: A near-peer mentoring program for medical students