Transforming Fragile Perfects into Dynamic Perfects to tide over the 2020 Pandemic Crises

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Published: Apr 30, 2021
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Grit, Fragile perfects, Medical education, Adaptive coping, Resilient doctors

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Shivali Shamsher
Anaesthesia Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
Thiagarajan Praba
Anaesthesia Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
KR Sethuraman
Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) University, 08100 Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia

Abstract

Today the world is facing challenges because of the pandemic crises and the medical students are not exempted. It is time to build the paragons of grit in our students which is one of the character strengths that is vital to keep the students in the game. In addition to academic excellence we need to inculcate these other capabilities like grit to produce resilient doctors. Our future doctors need to be “dynamic perfects” as opposed to “fragile perfects”.

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Shamsher, S., Praba, T., & Sethuraman, K. (2021). Transforming Fragile Perfects into Dynamic Perfects to tide over the 2020 Pandemic Crises. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17(2), 286–288. Retrieved from http://mjmhsojs.upm.edu.my/index.php/mjmhs/article/view/366
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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2021)
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