Quality of Life of Medical Students in Different Stages – A Multi Center Study

M Amini; Gholamreza Safaee Ardekani; A Golkar; P Jafari; HR Hosseini Alhashemi; M Moghadami; MM Hosseini; N Zahraee

doi:10.22037/jme.v11i1,2.1023

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands

Former Title: Journal of Medical Education | The Official Journal of School of Medical Education and Learning Technologies

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https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v11i1,2.1023

Quality of Life of Medical Students in Different Stages – A Multi Center Study

Author(s):

M Amini¹,

Gholamreza Safaee Ardekani^2,*,

A Golkar³,

P Jafari⁴,

HR Hosseini Alhashemi⁵,

M Moghadami⁶,

MM Hosseini⁷,

N Zahraee⁸

1Assisstant professor of Education Development Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2General practitioner of Education Development Center & Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3General practitioner of Education Development Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences,Jahrom , Iran

4Assistant professor of biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

5Resident of radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

6Assisstant professor of internal medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

7Assistant professor of urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

8General practitioner, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands:Vol. 11, issue 1 & 2; e105319

Published online:Jun 08, 2009

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jun 08, 2009

Accepted:Jun 08, 2009

How to Cite:M AminiGholamreza Safaee ArdekaniA GolkarP JafariHR Hosseini AlhashemiM MoghadamiMM HosseiniN Zahraeeet al.Quality of Life of Medical Students in Different Stages – A Multi Center Study.J Med Edu.11(1 & 2):e105319.https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v11i1,2.1023.

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Background and Prupose: The goal of medical education is to train competent, knowledgeable and professional physicians to promote public health care for the nations, sick and advanced the science of medicine.Method: In this study quality of life in medical students of different educational stages of Shiraz medical university and two nearby medical schools in south of IRAN were measured by translated version of the SF-36 questionnaire. All medical students were invited to complete the questionnaire, participation is voluntary and anonymous.Results: Except for the general health scale, the male group had higher mean than female group in all scales. The difference in physical functioning and body pain between the genders were significant(p<0.001) and among all scales physical functioning (P=0.029) and vitality (P=0.026) are higher in the students in physiopathology stage and the lowest means especially in MH and PF were presented in last year medical students. There was a negative linear correlation between MH scale and the age.There was a negative linear correlation between mental health and the age.Conclusion:The potential for enhanced well-being to enhance student and physician professionalism is largely unexplored. Additional research to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of medical student distress, and to investigate potential solutions, is likely to benefitnot only the affected individuals, but also the patients for whom they provide care.

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A Golkar:[PubMed][Scholar]
P Jafari:[PubMed][Scholar]
HR Hosseini Alhashemi:[PubMed][Scholar]
M Moghadami:[PubMed][Scholar]
MM Hosseini:[PubMed][Scholar]
N Zahraee:[PubMed][Scholar]