“Personal mission statement”: An analysis of medical students’ and general practitioners’ reflections on personal beliefs, values and goals in life

Abstract

Personal mission in life can determine motivation, happiness, future career advancement and fulfilment in life of the medical students (MSs) along with improvement in professional/ clinical performance of the family physicians.1–5 These personal internal qualities are largely represented by the professional functional knowledge base, which can be influenced by personal awareness (pre-propositional impressions that trigger experiential learning) and moral principles.6 Physicians often deal with patients with complex medical and social problems.7 Therefore, a physician’s self-understanding, insight into the nature, limitations of the knowledge and capacity of applying it are crucial in professional practice.8

Keywords

• Concept formation
• goals
• values of life
• medical students
• general practitioners
• medical education
• professional education