Table 1.
14-item survey questions
Category | Question | Answer choices |
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Demographics | Graduating year: | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Gender: | Male, Female, Prefer not to say, Other (free response) | |
Race (check all that apply) [based off of NIH racial and ethnic categories]: | American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White, Prefer not to say | |
Ethnicity (choose the one you most identify with): | Hispanic or Latino, Not Hispanic or Latino, Prefer not to say | |
PSS-4: The questions in this scale ask you about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case, you will be asked to indicate by marking how often you felt or thought a certain way | In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often |
In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
The questions in this scale ask you about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case, you will be asked to indicate by marking how often you felt or thought a certain way | In the last month, how often have you been stressed about Step 1? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often |
In the last month, how often have you been stressed about performing adequate research? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you been stressed about adequate participation in non-research extracurricular activities? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you been stressed about performing well in your preclinical curriculum? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you been stressed about performing well during your clerkships? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often | |
In the last month, how often have you been stressed about performing well on Step 2 CK? | Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Fairly Often, Very Often |