Exploring the experiences and coping strategies of international medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have addressed the challenges that international medical students face and there is a dearth of information on the behavioural strategies these students adopt to successfully progress through their academic program in the face of substantial difficulties of language barrier, curriculum overload, financial constraints and assessment tasks that require high proficiency in communication skills.

Methods

This study was designed primarily with the aim of enhancing understanding of the coping strategies, skill perceptions and knowledge of assessment expectations of international students as they progress through the third and fourth years of their medical degree at the School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Malau-Aduli BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3141796 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature