Assessment of resilience and coping in undergraduate medical students: A need of the day
Journal Title: Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction MBBS Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery is a challenging period for personal academic amp professional growth of a student Resilience the ability to regain original strengths after facing stressful situation is important while dealing with the challenges during MBBS course Type of coping can affect resilience This study aims to assess the resilience in MBBS students and find the correlation with copingMaterials and Methods A crosssectional study was carried out on consecutively selected 250 MBBS students Participants were interviewed with selfreporting questionnaires Data was collected using semistructured proforma resilience scale and mechanisms of coping scale Statistical analysis was done using mean standard deviation chi square test t test Pearsonrsquos correlation regression analysis and ANOVA wherever neededResult Mean resilience score was 502 with no significant gender differences Resilience score was significantly higher in first amp second year students and interns Students with higher resilience score were using problem solving as a major coping Participants with very good relationship with their family colleagues and teachers were significantly more resilient Those having addiction of any sort had significantly low score on resilience and problem solving coping Participants requiring longer time to come out of stressful situation had lower score on resilience Participants facing a stressful life situation had significantly less score on problem solvingnbspConclusion Resilience is positively influenced by problem solving better relationship with others amp less academic stress It is negatively influenced by emotion based coping exposure to stressful situation need of longer time to recover addiction and higher academic stressKeywordsnbsp Resilience Coping MBBS students
Authors and Affiliations
Abhijeet Faye, Rahul Tadke, Sushil Gawande, Vivek Kirpekar, Sudhir Bhave, Abhijit Pakhare, Deepika S
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- DOI 10.18231/2393-8005.2018.0008
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