Department of Surgery, University Hospital Galway, Ireland; Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Ireland.
School of Medicine, Discipline of Surgery, NUI Galway, Ireland.
Surgeon. 2022 Aug;20(4):216-224. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2021.04.010. Epub 2021 Jul 1.
GRIT, defined as passion and perseverance for long-term goals, is a personality trait that is key to academic success and career achievement. Doctors face significant challenges and exposure to stressful situations throughout their career and require high levels of grit and perseverance to achieve success and avoid burn-out. This study aimed to measure overall levels of grit among hospital doctors and medical students and to compare levels of Grit across specialties and career grades.
ology: A cross-sectional survey was used to measure GRIT levels using the validated Short Grit Scale (GRIT-S). Hospital doctors and medical students at University Hospital Galway were asked to complete the questionnaire. Gender, age, grade, education, and speciality were recorded. Analysis was conducted using STATA V12.1™ and SPSS 25™.
378 questionnaires were completed with a participation rate of 75.6% eligible for analysis. The female: male ratio was 1.2:1, with a mean age of 29.6 ± 8.3 years. The mean Grit score of participants was 3.56 ± 0.55. Grit trait was independent of gender and increased with age and grade. Consultants had significantly higher mean Grit score (3.86 ± 0.59, p = 0.004). There was no difference between medical specialities, nor between graduate-entry and undergraduate medical students.
our results show that medical students and NCHDs alike have high levels of Grit compared to the general population, and the levels increase with career advancement, with the highest scores observed in consultants. This suggests that Grit might be of benefit as an adjunct in the selection process of applicants for training schemes and jobs that require high levels of resilience, as well as an adjunct to monitoring progress in training from a personality and mental health perspective.
毅力被定义为对长期目标的热情和坚持，是取得学术成功和职业成就的关键人格特质。医生在整个职业生涯中面临着巨大的挑战和压力，需要高水平的毅力和坚持才能取得成功并避免倦怠。本研究旨在衡量医院医生和医学生的整体毅力水平，并比较不同专业和职业等级的毅力水平。
研究设计：使用经过验证的短毅力量表（GRIT-S）进行横断面调查来衡量 GRIT 水平。戈尔韦大学医院的住院医生和医学生被要求完成问卷。记录了性别、年龄、职称、教育程度和专业。使用 STATA V12.1™ 和 SPSS 25™ 进行分析。
完成了 378 份问卷，有效分析的参与率为 75.6%。女性与男性的比例为 1.2:1，平均年龄为 29.6±8.3 岁。参与者的平均毅力得分为 3.56±0.55。毅力特质与性别无关，且随年龄和职称的增加而增加。顾问的平均毅力得分明显较高（3.86±0.59，p=0.004）。不同专业之间、研究生入学和本科医学生之间均无差异。
我们的结果表明，与普通人群相比，医学生和 NCHD 都具有较高的毅力水平，而且随着职业发展而增加，顾问的得分最高。这表明，在选拔需要高韧性的培训计划和工作的申请人时，毅力可能是有益的，并且可以作为从个性和心理健康角度监测培训进展的辅助手段。
