“…Researchers often portrayed the transition to clinical training negatively, describing it as difficult, 6,39,50 stressful, 8,12,13,19,21,23,28,35,37,47,49 anxiety generating 8,12,13,[32][33][34]36,37 and a struggle. 7,26,27,44 Some studies started from a stance that there was a need to eliminate a variety of struggles, including students: feeling like they lacked the required knowledge and skills, 6,11,13,19,27,34 feeling unprepared, 11,28,30,32 feeling burdened by the demands of clinical training, 11,19,28,42 not meeting Box 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for this scoping review…”