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Minoritized Medical Students' Integration Of Professional Identities: A Phenomenological Study, Travis Erickson Dec 2023

Minoritized Medical Students' Integration Of Professional Identities: A Phenomenological Study, Travis Erickson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study fills a gap in the extant literature by exploring how medical students with minoritized identities make meaning about sense of self-definition and emerging professional identities while enrolled in medical school. More specifically, the focus of this study explored how minoritized medical students perceived their sense of self and dimensions of identity were shaped during their medical education, and what perceptions these medical students had about how they manage their professional identity development. Emergent themes included: (a) making connections between self-definition and professional identities, (b) past experience of difference shaping identities, (c) self-definition with complexity, (d) fluidity as …


Life Experiences Of First-Year College Students Who Resided With A Parent Experiencing Depression, Jasmine Olshin Dec 2023

Life Experiences Of First-Year College Students Who Resided With A Parent Experiencing Depression, Jasmine Olshin

Honors College

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses in the United States (US), and a significant number of depressed adults are parents to children who depend on them for care and nurturing. Research on parental depression (PD) focuses predominantly on its impacts on children and adolescents and has shown many negative outcomes as well as a predisposition to developing depression themselves. The literature on the impact of parental depression on young adults and college students is scant. Young adults (ages 18- 25) experience the highest rates of depression, and many of these individuals enter college where they are continuing …


Office Of The Vice President For Research And Dean Of The Graduate _Invitation To "Long Covid: A Long Way To Go" Lecture, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Dean Of The Graduate School Sep 2023

Office Of The Vice President For Research And Dean Of The Graduate _Invitation To "Long Covid: A Long Way To Go" Lecture, Office Of The Vice President For Research And Dean Of The Graduate School

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Email from the University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate regarding the Institute of Medicine's Second Annual Distinguished Science Lecture, "Long Covid: A Long Way to Go.".


The Effects Of Peers For Young Adults On Anxiety And Quality Of Life For Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alysha Cecile Dagg May 2023

The Effects Of Peers For Young Adults On Anxiety And Quality Of Life For Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alysha Cecile Dagg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Social skills deficits as well as comorbid anxiety are two characteristics commonly experienced by people with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Level 1 (ASD-1; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). These characteristics are also both contributors to a lower quality of life for young adults (Smith et al., 2019). The current study aimed to identify how the quality of life and anxiety are affected by social skills intervention, specifically the PEERS® for Young Adults program (Laugeson, 2017). PEERS® for Young Adults is an evidence-based social skills intervention intended to support individuals with ASD-1 (Laugeson, 2017). Prior research has demonstrated its success in both …


Connection Impacts Experience During Early Intervention And Elco Process, Gabriela Fuentes May 2023

Connection Impacts Experience During Early Intervention And Elco Process, Gabriela Fuentes

Poster Presentations

This partnership with the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MECDHH) led to a comprehensive understanding of program management and immersion in the Deaf community, providing insight into their unique cultural norms. The poster showcases the early intervention experiences of families and children through the Exploring Language Communication Opportunities (ELCO) process.


Chancellor Messages_Updated Covid-19 Guidance, Dannel P. Malloy Mar 2023

Chancellor Messages_Updated Covid-19 Guidance, Dannel P. Malloy

Chancellor

Message to the University of Maine System community from Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy regarding updated University of Maine System guidance concerning COVID-19.