Background: Motivation in learning behaviour and education is well-researched in general
education, but less in medical education. Aim: To answer two research questions,'How has …

Background A global shortage of healthcare professionals calls for effective recruitment and
retention strategies. The nursing profession faces greater staffing shortages compared with …

Selection and recruitment into healthcare education and practice is a key area of interest for
educators with significant developments in research, policy, and practice in recent years …

Background This study identified and investigated the relationship between demographics,
mental health problems, positive personality traits and perceived social support and …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic continues to unfold globally, and its negative impact
on the public's mental health is starting to reveal. Serving as reserve talents for the …

Context Students from backgrounds of low socio‐economic status (SES) or who are first in
family to attend university (FiF) are under‐represented in medicine. Research has focused …

Background: Burnout is a stress-induced syndrome, which affects medical students. Some
environmental and personal factors can favor burnout onset and its serious consequences …

Executive summary This work was commissioned to examine the available evidence on a)
the effectiveness of different methods used by medical schools to select students, and b) the …

This article outlines a theoretical understanding of competence as the inferred potential for
desirable activity within a professional practice. By employing the concept of 'teleoaffective …

Abstract Theory suggests that teacher encouragement can aid students' educational
progress, but there are not yet quantitative inferential studies that assess its longer-term …