The impostor phenomenon refers to feelings of self-doubt and fraudulence in one's own abilities, despite the presence of external evidence to suggest otherwise. Symptoms of the impostor phenomenon can impede achievement of career-related goals in medical trainees and impact resilience, stress levels, and burnout. If these symptoms go unnoticed, they could progress to a severity that threatens sustained wellness among medical trainees. Our research questions are: 1) Is the time of the academic year (e.g., beginning, middle, end) associated with severity in impostor phenomenon as measured by the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) in medical trainees at the University of Toronto? 2) Is participation in improvisation workshops over the course of an academic year a feasible intervention to mitigate symptoms of impostor phenomenon in medical trainees at the University of Toronto? Combined, our two-part study will explore peak risk periods of impostor phenomenon and whether improvisation workshops are a feasible intervention to address this.
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Timeframe: 3 months