Students' perspectives on interventions to reduce stress in medical school: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: The mental health of medical students remains to be a matter of concern. Numerous setting-based and individual-based interventions for student mental health have been proposed in the literature. However, the student perspective on those interventions has been largely neglected. This study aims to explore how medical students perceive different interventions and if they desire any additional changes with regard to their studies. Eight focus groups with 71 participants were conducted at a large German medical school. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed and content-analyzed using MAXQDA 18. We found that medical students prefer setting-based interventions. Most proposed interventions were on a setting-based level. For instance, students asked for more information on the university's psych

SUBMITTER: Dederichs M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7561099 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature