PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Goal Setting, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Stress Management

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Sheri Fabian

Document Summary

I n past decade gone from surplus to shortage of physicians, and recently more physicians returned to canada than left to practice in other countries - encouraging. Choosing a career in medicine: ther reasons include career opportunities, desire to work with and help people, and a chance to use personal skills and pursue interest in science ore perfectio nist people choose to be doctors. M o an be adaptive when associated with striving for achievement, and can be maladaptive when associated with excessive concerns about being evaluated. Medical school: rimarily biomedical training (no psychosocial) irst year: o nter school after undergrad degree o olume of work and time pressures is overwhelming. V o irtually impossible to learn everything presented, self confidence often plummet. T hey must also give bad news of someone dying - when using guideline, patient"s distress is low but physician"s distress is not ales and females experience stress differently.