Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective To investigate the professional identity of undergraduate students majored in psychologic medicine and its influencing factors. Methods A total of 339 students from Grade I to Grade V majored in psychologic medicine in our college were surveyed with professional identity scale. The collected parameters including the living area before entered university, the only child or not, family income, who dominated the choice of this major, consulted medical practitioners or not before choosing this major, et al. SPSS 19.0 was used for statistical analysis, and one way ANOVA, Spearman correlation test and Logistic regression was applied for influencing factor analysis. Results The general professional identity score of the students is 3.66±0.83. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the living area before entered university is independent influencing factors for professional identity of the students in whole cohort. Subgrouping students by grade and analysis, it’s revealed that, the score of cognitional division in Grade III and above is significantly higher than that in Grade I (P<0.05); Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that, the only child or not is independent influencing factor for professional identity of the students in Grade I and Grade V, sex is independent influencing factor for professional identity of the students in Grade II, the living area before entered university and family income are independent influencing factors for professional identity of the students in Grade IV. Conclusion the professional identity of undergraduate students majored in psychologic medicine is on the average level. The influence factors for professional identity of the students changed during the course of study. Strengthening social mental health education, creating a good social professional evaluation atmosphere; reforming the professional teaching mode, strengthening the construction of professional teachers; Paying attention to students growth process and taking pertinent measures by grades are conducive to improving students professional identity and ensuring the quality of personnel training.

Psychologic medicine; Undergraduate students; Professional identity