Analysis of the relationship between medical achievement self-efficacy perception and impostor phenomenon in the postgraduate education process: a cross-sectional study

There is a strong relationship between academic self-efficacy and the impostor phenomenon (IP). Residents in the early stages of their academic careers feel a strong sense of IP, while they perceive a low sense of self-efficacy. The lack of needed competencies can explain the main reason for this. The present study found that as the level of IP increases, academic self-efficacy perception decreases, and there is a strong negative correlation between them. Individuals with positive core self-evaluation will have low levels of IP and high academic self-efficacy because they see themselves as sufficient and valuable. As in the results of the current study, the increase in academic experience will lead to an increase in self-efficacy perception and a decrease in IP.