Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Academic Affairs, 290P White Hall, Dayton, OH, 45401-0927, USA.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Perspect Med Educ. 2013 Feb;2(1):14-17. doi: 10.1007/s40037-012-0037-9.
The construct of calling has recently been applied to the vocation of medicine. We explored whether medical students endorse the presence of a calling or a search for a calling and how calling related to initial speciality interest. 574 first-year medical students (84 % response rate) were administered the Brief Calling Survey and indicated their speciality interest. For presence of a calling, the median response was mostly true for: 'I have a calling to a particular kind of work' and moderately true for: 'I have a good understanding of my calling as it applies to my career'. For search for a calling, median response was mildly true: 'I am trying to figure out my calling in my career' and 'I am searching for my calling as it applies to my career'. Mann-Whitney U (p < 0.05) results indicate that students interested in primary care (n = 185) versus non-primary care (n = 389) are more likely to endorse the presence of a calling. Students were more likely to endorse the presence of a calling rather than a search for a calling, with those interested in primary care expressing stronger presence of a calling to medicine.
呼唤结构最近被应用于医学职业。我们探讨了医学生是否认同使命感的存在，以及使命感与最初的专业兴趣有何关联。574 名一年级医学生（84%的回复率）接受了简短使命感调查，并表明了自己的专业兴趣。在使命感的存在方面，大多数人对“我有一种使命感，要从事某种特定的工作”和“我对使命感如何适用于我的职业有很好的理解”这两个说法表示比较认同。在寻找使命感方面，多数人对“我正在努力弄清楚我的职业使命感”和“我正在寻找我的职业使命感”这两个说法表示有些认同。曼-惠特尼 U 检验（p<0.05）结果表明，对初级保健（n=185）感兴趣的学生比非初级保健（n=389）的学生更有可能认同使命感的存在。学生更有可能认同使命感的存在，而不是寻找使命感，对初级保健感兴趣的学生对医学的使命感更强。
