Medical students' career decision-making stress during clinical clerkships.
Daan A H FrisAnnelies E M van VianenJessie KoenMatthijs de HoogAnne P J de PagterPublished in: Perspectives on medical education (2022)
Clinical clerkships help students to form a clearer future work self, which can diminish career decision-making stress. Yet, students also experience more time pressure as the period of clerkships lengthens, which can increase career decision-making stress. A school climate of high competition and study load seems to foster career decision-making stress, while school support hardly seems effective in diminishing this stress.