Abstract
Objectives: To determine the contextual factors responsible for stress and
anxiety in undergraduate medical students. Study Design: Qualitative Study. Setting: Islamic
International Medical College, Al Mizan Campus, Riphah University, Rawalpindi. Period: 04th
April 2019 to 03rd October 2019. Material & Methods: This qualitative exploratory studied was
conducted at Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi from April to October 2019 with
the help of semi structured interviews each lasting for about thirty minutes conducted from final
year medical students and the data was analyzed to establish the factors responsible for stress
in medical students. Results: The study revealed academic and non academic reasons for
stress in medical students’ time of graduation. Fear of examinations came at the top of the list
of stress causing factors followed by hectic time tables, challenging clinical environment, lack of
feedback by clinicians, lack of structured clinical training, non conducive learning environment,
time management issues, peer pressure, pressure from parents to achieve academic excellence,
less number of leisure hours, lack of sleep and finally the issues of attendance. Conclusion:
Majority of final year students experienced stress in their medical life which was due to social
factors, academics reasons and non academic issues.
Manya Tahir, Muhammad Wajih Uddin Butt, Seema Gul, Tahira Raza, Rahila Yasmeen, Gul Muhammad Sheikh, Gul Muhammad Sheikh. (2020) Factors contributing to stress and anxiety in undergraduate medical students., The Professional Medical Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12.
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