“Personal mission statement”: An analysis of medical students’ and general practitioners’ reflections on personal beliefs, values and goals in life

• Main Authors: Chew Boon How, Lee Ping Yein, Irmi Zarina Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2014-08-01
• Series: Malaysian Family Physician
• Subjects: Concept formation; goals; values of life; medical students; general practitioners; medical education; professional education
• Online Access: http://e-mfp.org/pdf/2014v9n2/personal-mission-statement.pdf

Personal mission in life can determine motivation, happiness, future career advancement and fulfilment in life of the medical students (MSs) along with improvement in professional/ clinical performance of the family physicians.1–5 These personal internal qualities are largely represented by the professional functional knowledge base, which can be influenced by personal awareness (pre-propositional impressions that trigger experiential learning) and moral principles.6 Physicians often deal with patients with complex medical and social problems.7 Therefore, a physician’s self-understanding, insight into the nature, limitations of the knowledge and capacity of applying it are crucial in professional practice.8