Background: Systemic review of predictors of success in medical career is an important tool to recognize the indicators of proper training. Aim: To determine psychological factors that predict success in a medical career. The success is defined as professional competence, satisfaction with medicine as a career, occupational stress and burnout and quality of life (QOF). Methods: Part I (1999Part I ( -2005, medical students were examined each subsequent year, beginning with admission. Assessment included academic achievement (high school final examination results, entrance exam results, academic results during medical school) and psychological characteristics (sense of coherence (SOC), depression, anxiety, coping styles, value system and need for social approval). Part II (2008II ( -2009, the same participants completed an Internet survey 4 years after graduation. Results of the postgraduate medical exam were taken under consideration. Results: Academic achievement predicts only professional competence. Coping styles are significant indicators of satisfaction with medicine as a career. SOC, while assessed with anxiety and depression during studies, enabled us to recognize future QOF of medical graduates. Professional stress is not predictable to such an extent as other success indicators. Conclusions: There are significant psychological qualities useful to draw the outline of the future job and life performance of medical graduates.

Aim: Our study investigated the styles of success in the medical career in young physicians, in comparison with the same subjects examined 4-10 years earlier.Methods: The participants were first studied when they applied to the medical university (1999). Questionnaires were sent to all students each year (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Fifty-four medical doctors participated in the first phase of the study completed a questionnaire four years after graduation. The current questionnaire included measures of burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, quality of life (QOL) and postgraduate examination results. Previous questionnaires had included measures of academic achievement, depression and anxiety. Results: We can describe three different styles of success, which can be predicted during medical education. Physicians with the best professional competence have the lowest income. However, physicians with the lowest professional competence gain the highest income. Those with the highest QOL (general well-being and life satisfaction) have the lowest professional stress and vulnerability to burnout. Anxiety and academic achievement (during the second and fourth year of study) are the significant predictors of specific style belonging. Conclusions: Our results may be useful to medical school admissions and resident selection committees to identify candidates at risk for less satisfaction or less competence.

Background: The stress associated with the physician's work is generally acknowledged and is related to well-being and life satisfaction. The presented study was designed to extract the role of coping strategies in identifying differentiated styles of success in a medical career during medical education. Methods: The participants were examined when they applied to medical school and each subsequent academic year. The final study took place four years after graduation. The baseline questionnaire measured coping strategies. The follow-up questionnaire consisted of measures of: quality of life, work stress and burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and professional competency. Results: Based on coping strategies assessed during admission and preclinical years of medical study, some aspects of success in the participants' future medical career can be predicted. Students who take action and deal directly with a problem, neither accept resignation, nor reduce tension by expressing feelings would most probably resist future burnout. However, despite the fact that they obtain the highest quality of life or earn the highest income they would be, at the same time, the least satisfied with chosen career, as well as being more likely to be characterised by a low level of competence. Conclusions: Assessment of coping strategies at the beginning of medical education could be taken into consideration as an instrument to diagnose a specific trend in physicians' career development.

BackgroundSense of coherence is related to well-being, stress and life satisfaction among medical students and physicians. The purpose of the study was to investigate relation between sense of coherence during medical education and styles of success in the medical career.MethodsThe participants were first examined when they applied to medical school in 1999. Questionnaires were given to these students each academic year from 2000 to 2005. Also, 54 medical doctors who had participated in the first phase of the study completed a questionnaire in 2009, four years after graduation. The baseline questionnaire measured the sense of coherence. The follow-up questionnaire included measures of quality of life, work stress and burnout, satisfaction with medicine as a career, and professional competency.ResultsMedical students with the highest sense of coherence later have the highest quality of life and income, and are the least overwhelmed by work stress, but they also show the least satisfaction with medicine as a career and a low level of professional competence.ConclusionsAntonovsky’s SOC-29 questionnaire can be used to identify specific tendencies in the development of the medical career. Our results may be useful to medical school admissions officers and resident selection committees, in order to identify candidates at risk for failure.

A -Study Design, B -Data Collection, C -Statistical analysis, D -Data interpretation, E -Manuscript Preparation, F -literature Search, G -Funds CollectionBackground. Effective teamwork in medicine may contribute not only to the increase of job satisfaction, but also to a higher quality of patient care. Objectives. the goal of the study is to investigate the differences between medical and nursing students, male and female, and as well as first and fifth year students in the context of: teamwork, level of emotional intelligence, stress and satisfaction with their chosen studies. Material and methods. 200 students took part in the research. team roles were measured by team role inventory; emotional intelligence was measured by Emotional intelligence inventory; stress and satisfaction were measured by a self-designed survey. Results. Medical students presented higher levels of individualism, lower levels of emotional intelligence, as well as higher levels of stress related to their studies and higher satisfaction with the chosen studies. nursing students were more focused on teamwork. Female students were more diligent, honest and systematic. no significant differences between the genders were found in terms of the level of stress or satisfaction. the style of cooperation involving intellect and knowledge was negatively correlated with emotional intelligence. During the course of studies, this specific style is diminished, while there is no change in the level of emotional intelligence. Conclusions. Emotional intelligence skills and the ability to cooperate were shown to be areas of deficit in the group of medical students. it seems that more developed training on social skills is needed during medical education, which may be beneficial in the future relations of doctors with their patients and co-workers. SummaryISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580 this is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution-nonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 international (CC By-nC-Sa 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). walkiewicz M, Sowińska K, tartas M. Medical studies, team roles and emotional intelligence. Fam Med Prim Care Rev 2018; 20(1): 71-77, doi: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2018.73708.