Review of Grit and Resilience Literature within Health Professions Education

Stoffel, Jaclyn; Cain, Jeff

doi:10.5688/ajpe6150

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“…Interestingly, students in other health professional courses had similar mean levels of grittiness (medical, 4.01 ± 0.4; pharmacy, 3.7 ± 0.5; occupational therapy, 3.78 ± 0.46; nursing, 3.27 ± 0.58) . Conversely, lower proportions of medical students have low resilience (13%) compared with the physiotherapy students in this study (25%) .…”

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“…Resilience was assessed using the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) (Table ) . Grit was assessed using Grit‐S and mindset type was assessed via the Dweck Mindset Instrument (DMI) (Table ) …”

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“…Many factors contribute to whether a student thrives or struggles, and grit, resilience and mindset type are important personal traits to consider (for definitions, see Table ). Grit and resilience have been separately shown to contribute to the positive well‐being of students in pharmacy, nursing and medicine, their ability to cope with the stressors of study and life, and academic success . Students with low levels of grit and resilience, and with a fixed mindset, may be less able to cope optimally with these stressors.…”

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Grit, resilience and mindset in health students

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Peiris

Chipchase

et al. 2019

The Clinical Teacher

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Summary Background Grit, resilience and a growth mindset are personal traits conducive to optimal learning and clinical readiness. These are important traits to consider with regards to whether a student thrives or struggles in challenging situations. Research with medical, nursing and pharmacy students demonstrates correlations of these traits with positive well‐being and academic success. No research has investigated the traits of resilience, grit and mindset type together in health professional students to explore whether they are related, and none have focused on physiotherapy students. Methods Cross‐sectional study of final‐year physiotherapy students (n = 134) aiming to describe the levels of these personal traits and to determine whether they are related to each other or demographic factors. Results A proportion of physiotherapy students have low levels of resilience (25%), low academic resilience (19%) and low levels of grittiness (13%). Grit and resilience were positively related (p < 0.001). A smaller fraction of students had a fixed mindset in relation to intelligence (7%) and talent (10%). Having a mental health condition or disability and the number of hours spent in paid employment were related to personal traits. Discussion This is the first study to document empirical evidence of physiotherapy students’ levels of grit, resilience and mindset type with a significant proportion of students having low levels of these attributes. Results have implications for clinical educators and universities seeking to improve student well‐being in order to facilitate effective learning. Institutions need to consider best‐practice approaches to managing and supporting these students to foster well‐being for effective learning.

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Grit, resilience and mindset in health students

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“…Additionally, gritty adult learners reach higher educational achievements, and gritty teachers are more likely to retain their jobs and instill higher academic performance in students . Grit and resilience have also been offered as a possible explanations for success in health professional students who succeed in the face of pressure …”

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The Relationship Between Grit, Burnout, and Well‐being in Emergency Medicine Residents

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Perera

Jones

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AEM Education and Training

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Background: Burnout has become endemic in medicine, across all specialties and levels of training. Grit, defined as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals," attempts to quantify the ability to maintain sustained effort throughout an extended length of time. Our objective is to assess burnout and well-being and examine their relationship with the character trait, grit, in emergency medicine residents.Methods: In Fall 2016, we conducted a multicenter cross-sectional survey at five large, urban, academically affiliated emergency departments. Residents were invited to anonymously provide responses to three validated survey instruments; the Short Grit Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index.Results: A total of 222 residents completed the survey (response rate = 86%). A total of 173 residents (77.9%) met criteria for burnout and 107 residents (48.2%) met criteria for low well-being. Residents meeting criteria for burnout and low well-being had significantly lower mean grit scores than those that did not meet criteria. Residents with high grit scores had lower odds of experiencing burnout and low well-being (odds ratio [OR] = 0.26, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.46-0.85; and [OR] = 0.33, 95% CI = 0.16-0.72, respectively). Residents with low grit scores were more likely to experience burnout and more likely to have low well-being (OR = 6.17, 95% CI = 1.43-26.64; and OR = 2.76, 95% CI = 1.31-5.79, respectively).Conclusion: A significant relationship exists between grit, burnout, and well-being. Residents with high grit appear to be less likely to experience burnout and low well-being while those with low grit are more likely to experience burnout and low well-being.

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“…5 Grit has been the subject of a few investigations of students in health professions. 6 Among 702 pharmacy students, grit was a signifi cant and independent predictor of academic performance. 7 In a study of undergraduate nursing students, researchers found statistically signifi cant positive associations between grit and both course engagement and skill development.…”

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