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Improving uncertainty tolerance in medical students: A scoping review

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Uncertainty is an inevitable part of medical practice. An ability to tolerate uncertainty is viewed as a key competency across many health‐care systems. Poor uncertainty tolerance (UT) has been linked… Click to show full abstract

Uncertainty is an inevitable part of medical practice. An ability to tolerate uncertainty is viewed as a key competency across many health‐care systems. Poor uncertainty tolerance (UT) has been linked to negative outcomes including reduced psychological well‐being in medical students. A variety of medical education interventions have been developed with the intention of increasing medical students' UT. However, there is no synthesis of these studies available to inform education and research practice. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of medical education interventions that evaluate their impact on UT.

Keywords: uncertainty; scoping review; education; uncertainty tolerance; medical students

Journal Title: Medical Education
Year Published: 2022

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