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Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to understand the implications of procrastination on medical students’ lives and well-being by examining its conceptualization in the medical education literature, the contexts in which it has been studied, and with which variables it has been associated. These areas were investigated to propose practical solutions to reduce medical students’ procrastination tendencies.
Methods: This systematic review was completed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and the guidelines of the Association for Medical Education in Europe. We searched the PubMed, ERIC (ProQuest), and PsycINFO (OVID) databases. A total of 243 articles were identified and screened independently by two authors.
Results: Based on a set of inclusion criteria, 26 articles were kept and analyzed in the review. We found that medical students’ procrastination was most often conceptualized as the voluntary delay of a given task. Medical students’ procrastination was examined in two different contexts: academic procrastination and bedtime procrastination. Procrastination was negatively related to variables such as academic achievement, metacognition, and self-esteem, and positively related to other variables such as stress, anxiety, and mobile phone addictions.
Conclusions: Medical students’ procrastination is most frequently described as the intentional or voluntary postponement of a given task with the expectation of negative consequences and is most often evaluated in academic settings alongside mental health and affective variables. Future research should focus on promoting students’ awareness of their procrastination and emotional states through targeted and goal-oriented interventions.
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Contexte L’objectif de cette revue systématique était de comprendre les implications de la procrastination sur la vie et le bien-être des personnes étudiantes en médecine, en examinant trois éléments : 1) sa conceptualisation dans les écrits associés à l’enseignement médical; 2) les contextes dans lesquels elle a été étudiée; 3) les variables auxquelles elle a été associée. Ces aspects ont été étudiés afin de proposer des solutions concrètes visant à réduire les tendances à la procrastination chez les personnes étudiantes en médecine.
Méthodes : Cette revue systématique a été réalisée conformément aux critères PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) et aux lignes directrices de l’Association pour l’enseignement médical en Europe. Les bases de données PubMed, ERIC (ProQuest) et PsycINFO (OVID) ont été consultées. Au total, 243 articles ont été identifiés et examinés de manière indépendante par deux auteurs.
Résultats : Sur la base d’un ensemble de critères d’inclusion, 26 articles ont été retenus et analysés . Nous avons constaté que la procrastination chez les peronnes eétudiants en médecine était le plus souvent conceptualisée comme le report volontaire d’une tâche donnée. La procrastination chez les étudiants en médecine a été examinée dans deux contextes différents : la procrastination scolaire et la procrastination au moment du coucher. La procrastination était négativement corrélée à des variables telles que la réussite scolaire, la métacognition et l’estime de soi, et positivement corrélée à d’autres variables telles que le stress, l’anxiété et la dépendance au téléphone portable.
Conclusions : La procrastination chez les personnes étudiantes en médecine est le plus souvent décrite comme le report intentionnel ou volontaire d’une tâche donnée, avec la perspective de conséquences négatives, Elle est le plus souvent évaluée dans des contextes universitaires, parallèlement à des variables liées à la santé mentale et à l’affectivité. Les recherches futures devraient se concentrer sur la sensibilisation des personnes étudiantes à leur procrastination et à leurs états émotionnels par le biais d’interventions ciblées et axées sur des objectifs.
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