Learning to Break the Shell: Introverted Medical Students Transitioning Into Clinical Rotations

12 tips to hear the voices of introverts in medical education … and to improve the learning climate for everyone

“…(Davidson, Gillies and Pelletier, 2015) de Jongh R, de la Croix A MedEdPublish https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2021.000107.1 Introverted medical students experience a myriad of difficulties during their clinical training, too. They experience more stress and anxiety, struggle to give off a good first impression in the fast-paced scheme of clinical rotations, and get lower evaluations because physicians in the clinical phase mistakenly interpret their behavior as lacking interest or enthusiasm (Davidson, Gillies and Pelletier, 2015;Fleming, 2015;Noureddine and Medina, 2018).…”

12 tips to hear the voices of introverts in medical education … and to improve the learning climate for everyone [Version 2]

“…Introverted medical students experience a myriad of difficulties during their clinical training, too. They experience more stress and anxiety, struggle to give off a good first impression in the fast-paced scheme of clinical rotations, and get lower evaluations because physicians in the clinical phase mistakenly interpret their behavior as lacking interest or enthusiasm ( Davidson, Gillies and Pelletier, 2015 ; Fleming, 2015 ; Noureddine and Medina, 2018 ).…”