PhD defence V.M.A. (Vera) Broks

Medical Student Stress and Performance: Student characteristics in interaction with school and societal factors

V.M.A. Broks will defend her PhD dissertation on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, entitled: ’Medical Student Stress and Performance: Student characteristics in interaction with school and societal factors‘.

Promotor
Prof. dr. W.W. van den Broek
Promotor
Prof. dr. A.M. Woltman
Promotor
Prof.dr. K.M. Stegers - Jager
Date
Tuesday 5 Dec 2023, 15:30 - 17:00
Type
PhD defence
Space
Professor Andries Querido room
Building
Education Center
Location
Erasmus MC
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Below is a brief summary about the dissertation:

This thesis describes four studies that explored student performance and stress perception levels taking into account student characteristics as well as the environment of the student: the medical school and the societal environment. The studies in this thesis investigated whether student demographics, such as gender and ethnicity, and student characteristics, such as social support and self-regulated learning, were associated with academic performance and stress perception. Also, factors on the medical school or societal level and their associations with student performance and stress were studied. More specifically, medical school selection methods, assessment policies, and the COVID-19 outbreak were taken into consideration, combined with student characteristics to get a more complete picture of how the student and their environment interact.

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The public defence will begin exactly at 15.30 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers can access the hall via the fourth floor. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.

A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.

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