Medical students in distress: a mixed methods approach to understanding the impact of debt on well-being.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nearly three in four U.S. medical students graduate with debt in six-figure dollar amounts which impairs students emotionally and academically and impacts their career choices and lives long after graduation. Schools have yet to develop systems-level solutions to address the impact of debt on students' well-being. The objectives of this study were to identify students at highest risk for debt-related stress, define the impact on medical students' well-being, and to identify opportunities for intervention.

Methods

This was a mixed methods, cross-sectional study that used quantitative survey analysis and human-centered design (HCD). We performed a secondary analysis on a national multi-institutional survey on medical student wellbeing, including univariate and multi

SUBMITTER: Yang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363506 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature