Enhancing Final-Year Medical Students’ Clinical Examinations Performance via a Transdiagnostic ACT-Based Intervention

• Main Authors: Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping, Eugene Koh, Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim, Shoesmith, Wendy Diana, Assis Kamu, Ho, Chong Mun, Jun, Rong Ng, Walton Wider
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2022
• Subjects: R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33787/1/Enhancing%20Final-Year%20Medical%20Students%E2%80%99%20Clinical%20Examinations%20Performance%20via%20a%20Transdiagnostic%20ACT-Based%20Intervention.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33787/2/Enhancing%20Final-Year%20Medical%20Students%E2%80%99%20Clinical%20Examinations%20Performance%20via%20a%20Transdiagnostic%20ACT-Based%20Intervention%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33787/; https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/13/7522/htm; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137522
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Introduction: Performance anxiety is a transdiagnostic construct similar in both sports and clinical medical examinations. Given that acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and other similar therapies have transdiagnostic evidence in improving the performance of athletes, the same approach can be a...