Take part in 'Imposter Syndrome in New Graduate Allied Health Professionals' – a research project from James Cook University
6 May 2024
Are you a new graduate allied health professional (AHP), who graduated between November 2021 and December 2023? James Cook University (JCU) researchers are currently seeking volunteers to participate in an online study looking at the presence of imposter syndrome among new graduate allied health professionals, to understand if there is a relationship between demographic information.
Imposter syndrome is a persistent inability to believe a person’s knowledge or success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills. It's that uneasy feeling of 'feeling like a fraud' despite your qualifications and accomplishments, and unfortunately, quite common among AHPs.
According to this article in Psychology Today, "People who struggle with imposter syndrome believe they are undeserving of their achievements and the high esteem in which they are, in fact, generally held".
JCU's research entitled, 'An Exploratory Study: The Presence of Imposter Syndrome in New Graduate Allied Health Professionals and its Relationship to Location of Practice', will report on the presence of imposter syndrome in recently graduated AHPs, to determine if there is a link between imposter syndrome and AHPs geographic work location and other demographics.