Introduction:In Sri Lanka, adolescents comprise 16.1% of the population. Stress during adolescence may impact maturation of emotional and cognitive capabilities. The objective of the study is to determine the psychosocial factors and other factors that contribute to stress amongst adolescents aged 14 to 16 years living in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on adolescents aged 14 -16 years (n = 331) from randomly selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect baseline socioeconomic data. Baseline anthropometric measurements of height and weight were measured and BMI was calculated. Adolescent stress was assessed by using the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ). Results:In the current study, 179 (54.1%) adolescents were males. The mean ages of male and female adolescents and their social characteristics were similar. There was a statistically significant increase in the mean height (p<0.001) and mean weight (p<0.001) of male adolescents when compared with female adolescents. The mean total stress scores of female and male adolescents were similar (p = 0.063). The mean score of stress of home life of female adolescents was significantly higher than male adolescents (p<0.001). The mean score of stress of school attendance was significantly higher among male adolescents than female adolescents (p = 0.012). Conclusions & recommendations:Both male and female adolescents experience considerable stress. Measures to overcome preventable stressors should be implemented at school and at home by parents, teachers and education administrators.
Introduction: Undergraduate medical students have only one clinical attachment in forensic medicine during their entire curriculum. Within this time imparting a clinical skill is difficult before basic theory is taught. Objectives: To analyze the clinical and practical skills obtained during the clinical appointment and suggest changes to clinical appointment. Method: Medico-legal reports (MLR) and post mortem reports (PMR) written by ninety five undergraduates who followed the appointment before the completion of the medico-legal module were analyzed. Key sections were analyzed based on predetermined criteria. A mark was allocated ranging from 1(poor)-5(very good) by evaluating the criteria. Marks obtained for each criterion under a section analyzed were added to obtain a total mark. The average of the total mark for each section was again graded according to the same marking scheme. Results: In the reports analysed, for sections on basic information/identification and category of hurt, more than 70% of students obtained an acceptable mark, but for injury description it was 58%. For opinion writing it was below 60%. The success rate for writing a proper cause of death was 55%. Conclusions: Even without basic forensic theory knowledge we have been able to train the students how to write an acceptable MLR and PMR but success rate for formulation of opinion and cause of death was not satisfactory. Therefore clinical teaching appointment should be well planned and placed in a proper position within the curriculum. The use of a structured time table is also important. It is important to give basic knowledge on forensic medicine prior to clinical training.
Students are admitted to university in Sri Lanka on the basis of aggregate marks above a certain cut-off point obtained at the GCE (advanced level) examination. On this criterion and on a district-quota basis operative for the whole island, high performers are admitted to the medical faculties. Those with lower aggregate marks are admitted to the other life science faculties. High performance at the GCE (advanced level) examination is considered to reflect high general intellectual ability and vice versa. A group of students who failed to obtain university admission on their relatively poor GCE (advanced level) examination performance was used for a preliminary study. This study revealed that several students were of high general intellectual ability. A similar study carried out on groups of new entrants to the life science courses at the University of Peradeniya (which included medical students) showed that the groups did not differ significantly in general intellectual ability from the non-University group. Students of high general intellectual ability were found distributed evenly in all the groups studied.
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