Background: Medical students have a very extensive curriculum and a demanding time period during their undergraduate studies (1-5 years). Research has shown that medical students experience a high level of stress affecting their social, emotional as well as mental health. According to many studies formal mentoring is considered as a key to overcome these problems. Currently Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is deficient in formal mentorship program for medical education, the purpose of this article was to determine the presence of the programme and to establish the basis for formal mentoring with in medical colleges. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 300 students, both male and female were selected from two medical colleges on convenient basis. Sample size was determined by the Cochran equation with 95% confidence interval. A closed ended, original questionnaire was developed in English language from valid questionnaires of similar studies conducted in past. Data was analysed using MS Excel and SPSS version 22. Results: Total of 150 Data of 270 (90%) respondents was analysed after drop outs. Among the study participants 114 (42.2%) students had No knowledge about mentoring for medical education; 153 (96.8 %) students responded that mentoring would help in the academic to professional development of the students. Majority of the students (n=152, 96.2 %) respondents stated that there was a strong need of formal mentorship programme in their medical college. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding function and structure of mentorship program among students was below average. However a strong positive attitude to initiate the mentorship Programme was observed among respondents.
Background: Stress coping methods are used by the individuals to overcome daily stresses. It is important to maintain stress within limits for normal functioning and productivity of a human being. Medical students come across many stress factors during their medical training. Stress coping is divided into Adaptive and Non-adaptive coping, students using adaptive coping strategies (ACS) are considered to have positive coping methods and results in long term constructive outcomes i.e. improved self-esteem, stronger social bonds and wisdom, while students using non-adaptive coping strategies are at risk of mental health issues. Our objective was to evaluate stress coping methods among medical students of public and private medical colleges of district Peshawar. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data was collected using convenient sampling technique from 200 medical students of both Public and private sector of district Peshawar. Equal numbers of boys and girls were selected from age groups of 18-25 years. Demographic variable along with methods to cope stress were collected using validated pre-tested questionnaire called "Brief cope scale (BCS) of Urdu version by Akhtar (2005)". Standard cut off value of 56 was used to differentiate between students having adaptive or mal-adaptive coping styles. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS. Results: Students of public medical college scored M=71.78 with SD=8.955 while students of private medical colleges scored M=69.20 with SD 10.07. Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that undergraduate students in medical collages have non-adaptive coping methods rather than adaptive ones. Female students used more adaptive coping skills than male students. Students in public sector had better coping skills than students of private medical colleges.
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