Medical student well-being and lifelong learning: A motivational perspective.

Abstract

Medical school poses many pressures and challenges for individuals aspiring to health careers. Only some students, however, experience high stress and exhaustion, whereas others adaptively respond to schooling demands and engage in lifelong learning practices. By drawing on three motivation theories - self-determination theory, self-theories of ability, and achievement goal theory - this study examined the relations among motivational constructs, stress, exhaustion, and lifelong learning in medical students.