Learning from the Past: Medical School Experiences, Stigma, and Help Seeking for Depression

Division

GME Corporate

Hospital

GME Corporate

Document Type

Manuscript

Publication Date

10-2025

Keywords

Humans, Social Stigma, Female, Male, Adult, Depression, Schools, Medical, Students, Medical, Internship and Residency, Help-Seeking Behavior, Curriculum, Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Disciplines

Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

Experiencing lower psychological safety during medical school is linked to higher levels of impostorism and a diminished sense of meaning in work among incoming resident physicians. Furthermore, perceptions of a harmful hidden curriculum in medical school are associated with elevated levels of impostorism. This study aimed to build on these findings by examining whether incoming residents' perceptions of psychological safety and hidden curriculum in medical school correlate with various forms of mental health stigma and residents' intentions to seek help for depression. The participants (

Publisher or Conference

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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