The bumpy ride to a medical PhD degree: a qualitative study on factors influencing motivation

The bumpy ride to a medical PhD degree: a qualitative study on factors influencing motivation

Abstract Introduction In parallel with a tremendous increase in medical PhD enrolments, concerns have risen about PhD candidates’ poor well-being, increasing attrition rates for PhD programmes, and, eventually, a decline in clinician-scientists. According to the Self-Determination Theory, autonomous...

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Main Authors: C. R. den Bakker, B. W. C. Ommering, A. J. de Beaufort, F. W. Dekker, J. Bustraan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Subjects:
Medical PhD programmes
Doctoral education
Motivation
Self-determination theory
Clinician-scientist
MD-PhD
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04973-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04973-z

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