Drink and drugs: from medical students to doctors

Newbury‐Birch, Dorothy; Walshaw, David; Kamali, Farhad

doi:10.1016/s0376-8716(01)00128-4

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“…Up to 20% of medical students have reported excessive alcohol consumption [54–56]. The use of illicit drugs by medical students is similar to that of age-related peers, and studies indicate that students who use these drugs had started using them before they entered medical school [57,52,58]. Pickard and colleagues [53] found a higher risk of alcohol consumption among Leeds medical students than among the age-matched population.…”

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Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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Background: High levels of burnout rates amongst medical students have been confirmed by numerous studies from diverse contexts. This study aims to explore the functional and dysfunctional coping strategies of medical students with regard to their respective burnout factors.Methods: About 845 medical students in the 3rd, 6th, and 9th semesters and students in their final year were invited to take part in the survey. The self-administered questionnaire included items on potential functional and dysfunctional behavioural-based coping strategies as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Version (MBI-SS). In addition, a comparison of the local results with a German reference sample involving other students was calculated.Results: A total of 597 medical students (70.7%) participated in the cross-sectional study. The results showed high burnout rates, averaging 35%. Students in earlier stages of university education showed lower values for cynicism (a subdimension of burnout), but higher values for emotional exhaustion than students in higher stages. Concerning academic efficacy, there was a trend towards less efficient perception among students in higher education. The identified functional coping strategies were ‘seeking support from friends’, ‘seeking support from family’, ‘doing relaxing exercise’, ‘doing sports’ and ‘seeking support from fellow students’. The identified dysfunctional coping strategies were ‘taking tranquilizers’, ‘taking stimulants’, ‘drinking alcohol’, ‘withdrawal and ruminating’, and ‘playing games on the PC or mobile phone’. The medical students surveyed are more affected by burnout symptoms than the reference populations, but the overall result was difficult to interpret.Conclusions: The identified behavioural-based functional coping strategies suggest that social support and active relaxing exercises seem to be very important possibilities for medical students to reduce stress and exhaustion. The use of drugs and alcohol for stress reduction raises concerns. Programs are recommended to improve resilient behaviour and to impart the identified functional coping strategies to medical students.

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Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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“…Surveys of medical students have been more prevalent over the last 20 years and give similar cause for concern. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The effects of excessive alcohol intake and use of illicit drugs have obvious potential consequences for the careers of dentists. Recent studies have shown that, following graduation, alcohol and drug habits either remain high, 7 or decrease, but remain 'at a level where personal harm is possible' .…”

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A comparison of alcohol and drug use among dental undergraduates and a group of non-medical, professional undergraduates

Barber¹,

Fairclough²

2006

Br Dent J

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“…Newbury-Birch et al (2001) investigated the prevalence of drug use in a group of students at Newcastle University Medical School (England) during their undergraduate studies and after their first year as house officers, and found that mean alcohol and illicit drug consumption increased significantly over this period 11 . Conard et al (1998) showed that tranquilizer use was highly prevalent among medical students; on the other hand, cannabis, cocaine, or tobacco consumption were infrequent in the study sample 7 .…”

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“…Due to their knowledge of and ease of access to various drugs, physicians and medical students have been assessed as a possible target of substance abuse [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . The high rate of psychotropic drug use among physicians is a well established fact 2 .…”

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“…It is therefore important to ascertain the prevalence and patterns of substance use among medical students 7,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . Newbury-Birch et al (2001) investigated the prevalence of drug use in a group of students at Newcastle University Medical School (England) during their undergraduate studies and after their first year as house officers, and found that mean alcohol and illicit drug consumption increased significantly over this period 11 .…”

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Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Petroianu¹,

Reis²,

Cunha³

et al. 2010

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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objectIve. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drug consumption by students of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) School of Medicine, Brazil, and to ascertain aspects related to substance use in this population. Methods. This study was carried out with students of all years of the UFMG Medicine course, who were invited to participate anonymously by answering a self-administered questionnaire that has previously been validated and adapted to the Brazilian reality. The instrument was based on World Health Organization methods for development of student drug use surveys and included 25 questions on substance use. The Student t test and chi-square testing were performed for comparison of means and proportions. results. Alcohol and tobacco were the most commonly used substances, consumed by 85.2% and 16.3% of students respectively. Among the psychotropic drugs, use of cannabis was reported by 16.5% of students, LSD by 6.9%, sedatives by 12%, amphetamines by 7.5% and inhalant substances by 16.8%. Use of cocaine, crack, opiates, anticholinergics and anabolic steroids was rarely mentioned. conclusIon. Alcohol was the most widely used substance, and its consumption was associated with other drug addictions. Drugs were used most frequently by single, male students who live alone and need not work to support themselves.

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Drink and drugs: from medical students to doctors

Cited by 173 publications

References 19 publications

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

A comparison of alcohol and drug use among dental undergraduates and a group of non-medical, professional undergraduates

Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e entorpecentes por estudantes de medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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