Transforming Fragile Perfects into Dynamic Perfects to tide over  the 2020 Pandemic Crises

Author: Shivali Shamsher ¹ ; Thiagarajan Praba ¹ ; KR Sethuraman ²
Author Information

1. Anaesthesia Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
2. Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
Publication Type:Other Types
Keywords: Grit, Fragile perfects, Medical education, Adaptive coping, Resilient doctors
From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2021;17(No.2):286-288
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: Today the world is facing challenges because of the pandemic crises and the medical students are not exempted. It is time to build the paragons of grit in our students which is one of the character strengths that is vital to keep the students in the game. In addition to academic excellence we need to inculcate these other capabilities like grit to produce resilient doctors. Our future doctors need to be “dynamic perfects” as opposed to “fragile perfects”.
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