Survey of Medical Student Professionalism and School Satisfaction in Vietnam

55283 anonymized survey responses from undergraduate medical students at the University of Health Sciences, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. The dataset includes demographic variables and scores from two validated instruments: the Medical Professionalism Self-Assessment Tool (MPAST) and the School Satisfaction Scale (SSS) with its four domains. It supports analysis of the relationship between educational satisfaction and professional development.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between demographic factors and self-assessed medical professionalism scores.
• Comparing levels of learning, interpersonal, teaching, and service satisfaction across different student cohorts.
• Investigating the impact of clinical experience or medical ethics coursework on professional attitudes.
• Benchmarking student satisfaction and professionalism perceptions within a specific national medical education context.

Strengths

• Contains 55283 survey responses, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Uses validated instruments (MPAST and SSS) for measuring key constructs.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and sharing.
• Cross-platform presence on figshare indicates established curation and accessibility.

Limitations

• Column names and the exact row count are not explicitly provided in the available metadata.
• The dataset is cross-sectional, limiting causal or longitudinal analysis.
• The geographic scope is limited to a single university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Provenance

Source

Thanh Van Ngo, University of Health Sciences, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey conducted among undergraduate medical students (years 1–6).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03 19.

Geography

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.