TRACING EMERGING ADULTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE CASE OF MEDICINE SCHOOL AT A GREEK UNIVERSITY

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  • Natassa Raikou Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Rion Campus, Rion Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
  • Georgia Konstantopoulou Special Office for Health Consulting Services and Faculty of Education and Social Work, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Rion Campus, Rion Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejsss.v6i4.1074

Klíčová slova:

emerging adulthood, medical education, medical students, higher education, university pedagogy

Abstrakt

In this paper we investigate the dimensions of emerging adulthood on medical students. Our aim is to explore special characteristics and possible differentiations between university medical students in comparison with other disciplines. We argue that university is a social context that plays a critical role on the development and shaping the identity of young students. In our case we examine medical students of a Greek peripheral university in order to trace the characteristics of their emerging adulthood. The research was conducted between November 2019-January 2020, with the participation of 110 students of School of Medicine of Patras University in Greece. The research tool was Arnett's IDEA questionnaire, adjusted by the researchers. The results confirmed the emerging adulthood characteristics of medical students, nevertheless interesting findings also revealed. It seems that demanding and/or difficult university programs with emphasis on practical experience during studies, foster young students to manifest adult characteristics earlier than their peers.

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Biografie autora

  • Natassa Raikou, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Rion Campus, Rion Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
    Dr. Natassa Raikou is Teaching Staff in Adult and Higher Education at the University of Patras and Tutor-Counselor at the Hellenic Open University. She has a long teaching experience on higher education and teachers training programs, with publications in international and Greek journals. She is also member of several International and Greek scientific networks. Her research interests include adult education, university pedagogy, transformative learning, emerging adulthood and critical reflection.
  • Georgia Konstantopoulou, Special Office for Health Consulting Services and Faculty of Education and Social Work, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Rion Campus, Rion Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
    Dr. Georgia Konstantopoulou is a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Education Sciences and Social Work (Laboratory and Teaching Staff). She has clinical and psychotherapeutic experience since 1999 and from 2009 until today she supports with her participation the "Special Office for Health Consulting Services" of the University of Patras. Her main research interest since 2014 is "Modeling of the Telemedicine Service for Distance Diagnosis and Evaluation of Emotional Disorders" and she has participated in conferences working with her colleagues in the use of machine learning to prevent suicide.

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Publikováno

2021-06-01

Číslo

Vol 6 No 4 (2021)

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