Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students

BACKGROUND: Medicine is generally perceived as very stressful course as compared to other courses. Previous studies have reported that pressure of a challenging academic curriculum is very stressful for first year medical students. High level of stress is a risk factor for a wide range of physical a...

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Main Authors:	Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	RZ400 Mental healing
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/1/IRIIE_2014_YYM.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/4/IRIIE_2014-_Book_of_Abstracts_%283%29.pdf

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spelling	iium-394382017-06-22T00:43:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/ Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students Myint, Yi Yi Tun, Ye Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin RZ400 Mental healing BACKGROUND: Medicine is generally perceived as very stressful course as compared to other courses. Previous studies have reported that pressure of a challenging academic curriculum is very stressful for first year medical students. High level of stress is a risk factor for a wide range of physical and mental health-related consequences. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of academic stress in first year medical students of the International Islamic University Malaysia (Academic session 2012/13) and to explore the most stressful time and coping strategies in these students. METHODOLOGY/STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out involving the first year medical students of IIUM in March, 2013, while they were in the third block of the academic programme. RESULTS: One-hundred and ten students (75.3 %) participated. About fifty percent (50.9%) reported high level of academic stress. Female medical students experienced more stress. The majority of students found that “near exam day” was a most stressful period for them. Praying was the most frequently used coping strategy. CONCLUSION: Reducing the psychological distress of medical students prior to examination may help them to perform better in the examination. Review of curriculum and exam schedules, extracurricular activities, proper mentor system and counselling service might reduce the academic stress. KEYWORDS: Academic stress, first year medical students, coping strategies, IIUM 2014-06-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/1/IRIIE_2014_YYM.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/4/IRIIE_2014-_Book_of_Abstracts_%283%29.pdf Myint, Yi Yi and Tun, Ye and Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin (2014) Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students. In: International Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2014 (IRIIE2014), 11th -13th June 2014, Cultural Activity Center (CAC), International Islamic University Malaysia. http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/14/
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topic	RZ400 Mental healing
spellingShingle	RZ400 Mental healing Myint, Yi Yi Tun, Ye Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
description	BACKGROUND: Medicine is generally perceived as very stressful course as compared to other courses. Previous studies have reported that pressure of a challenging academic curriculum is very stressful for first year medical students. High level of stress is a risk factor for a wide range of physical and mental health-related consequences. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of academic stress in first year medical students of the International Islamic University Malaysia (Academic session 2012/13) and to explore the most stressful time and coping strategies in these students. METHODOLOGY/STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey was carried out involving the first year medical students of IIUM in March, 2013, while they were in the third block of the academic programme. RESULTS: One-hundred and ten students (75.3 %) participated. About fifty percent (50.9%) reported high level of academic stress. Female medical students experienced more stress. The majority of students found that “near exam day” was a most stressful period for them. Praying was the most frequently used coping strategy. CONCLUSION: Reducing the psychological distress of medical students prior to examination may help them to perform better in the examination. Review of curriculum and exam schedules, extracurricular activities, proper mentor system and counselling service might reduce the academic stress. KEYWORDS: Academic stress, first year medical students, coping strategies, IIUM
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Myint, Yi Yi Tun, Ye Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin
author_facet	Myint, Yi Yi Tun, Ye Muhammad, Siti Aesah @ Naznin
author_sort	Myint, Yi Yi
title	Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
title_short	Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
title_full	Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
title_fullStr	Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
title_full_unstemmed	Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students
title_sort	academic stress and coping strategies of forst year iium medical students
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/1/IRIIE_2014_YYM.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/39438/4/IRIIE_2014-_Book_of_Abstracts_%283%29.pdf
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Academic stress and coping strategies of forst year IIUM medical students

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