Effect of medical student debt on mental health, academic performance and specialty choice: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:With the high and rising total cost of medical school, medical student debt is an increasing concern for medical students and graduates, with significant potential to impact the well-being of physicians and their patients. We hypothesised that medical student debt levels would be negatively correlated with mental health and academic performance, and would influence career direction (ie, medical specialty choice). DESIGN:We performed a systematic literature review to identify articles that assessed associations between medical student mental health, academic performance, specialty choice and debt. The databases PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus and PsycINFO were searched on 12 April 2017, for combinations of the medical subject headings Medical Student and Debt as search terms. Upd

SUBMITTER: Pisaniello MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609129 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature