2019
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.9788
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Imposter Syndrome

Abstract: In this narrative medicine essay, two women physicians define the imposter syndrome that largely affects women in medicine and suggest gateways for women to advance their careers and showcase their talent.

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“…In order to address the gender gap in academic achievement, women need visible role models and mentors. 13 Including more women authors of clinical reasoning publications has the potential to establish more women as master clinicians and role models.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to address the gender gap in academic achievement, women need visible role models and mentors. 13 Including more women authors of clinical reasoning publications has the potential to establish more women as master clinicians and role models.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This concept was originally introduced by Clance and Imes (1978), where it was named the Impostor Phenomenon (IP). The IP, in general, refers to internal self-doubt feelings, which are especially common among (a) high-achieving people, (b) members of minority groups, and (c) students (Mullangi & Jagsi, 2019;Nimmo, 2019;Sherman, 2013). People who suffer from IP have propensities to doubt their external achievements and attribute them to external causes (e.g., luck, and support from others) or temporary internal quality (e.g., efforts) instead of permanently internal features (e.g., skill, capacity, competency).…”
Section: Imposter Phenomenonmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This could be a first indication of demographics to research that may experience IP. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that male pilots hold higher accident rates than female pilots, but female pilots tend to doubt themselves due to contradiction with the overall social expectations and the small allocation of female pilots (Clance & Imes, 1978;Mullangi & Jagsi, 2019;Vail & Ekman, 1986). Although young pilots are not a minority, they make a considerable portion of all pilots.…”
Section: Imposter Phenomenonmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a corollary, syndromal imposters suffer from constant fear of being exposed as a fraud (bluff ), because they often believe that they have fooled their peers into overrating their abilities and professional competence (Chrousos and Mentis, 2020). As part of a vicious cycle, syndromal imposters feel more prone to failure, may become less productive, and are characterized by insecurity and procrastination (Neureiter and Traut-Mattausch, 2016a,b;Mullangi and Jagsi, 2019). Intriguingly, recent studies suggested that imposter syndrome sufferers should be distinguished into two broad categories: true imposters and strategic syndromal imposters, based on the degree of self-doubt (Leonhardt et al, 2017).…”
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