Medical Student Beliefs about Disclosure of Mental Health Issues: A Qualitative Study

Winter, Peter; Rix, Andrew; Grant, Andrew

doi:10.3138/jvme.0615-097r

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“…Student youth are considered as a specific group of people, which has its own peculiarities in the way of life, value orientations, and standards of behaviour and motives of activity. The social significance of young people's health is due to the fact that they represent the closest reproductive, intellectual, economic, social, political and cultural reserve of society (Gorelov, 2009;Winter, 2017).…”

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Abstract:The article studies the most popular means of health improving fitness among the female students of the I-II year of the Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University. 48 female students of the I-II year, aged 17-19 years with different levels of physical condition participated in the research. The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of means of health improving fitness on the physical condition of girls aged 17-19 years in the process of physical education. We found that trainings 2-3 times a week during a nine-month period have a health improving effect, which is due to the work of a large number of muscle groups with a mainly aerobics energy supply mechanism. In the article, on the basis of the pedagogical experiment, the positive dynamics of the effects of means of health improving fitness on physical development, functional state, physical capability and preparedness, as well as psycho-emotional state is presented. In the process of identifying the relation between the indicators of the psycho-emotional state and the studied personal fitness indicators, we established the existence of a significant number of reliable correlation interrelationships.

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“…looked into the barriers preventing medical students presenting in the time of need . They found that medical students firmly believed that once a mental health disclosure was made, a fitness to practice proceeding would be opened, with the aim of removing them from the course; however, on further questioning the medical students were unable to support this claim with any evidence . Therefore, increasing knowledge and awareness of the actual process that takes place is a key step towards increasing the uptake of mental health and well‐being services by medical students.…”

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“…One of the core reasons is the belief that disclosing information on their mental health would lead to disciplinary proceedings. Therefore, this fear of being investigated in fitness to practice proceedings stops students from presenting early . There is also stigma associated with mental health and because of this some medical students feel that it is a sign of weakness if they were to seek medical help for mental health problems .…”

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“…Therefore, this fear of being investigated in fitness to practice proceedings stops students from presenting early . There is also stigma associated with mental health and because of this some medical students feel that it is a sign of weakness if they were to seek medical help for mental health problems . The feeling amongst many medical students is that, like doctors, they should be ‘indestructible’ and should not require prescription medication for mental health problems .…”

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Mental health in medical students: time to act

Awad

Mattick

et al. 2019

The Clinical Teacher

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Summary Background Mental health problems are prevalent amongst medical students. However, many students delay seeking medical help or support from the medical school for a variety of reasons, including a fear of facing fitness to practice proceedings. Tackling this problem of awareness and delayed presentation will need a strong and dedicated focus at all stages, with prevention being of great importance. Methods A conference dedicated to mental health and well‐being was organised for students of all years. The first part of the conference centred on well‐being dilemmas and the second part focused on discussing important issues in small group sessions. Results Students were divided into eight groups and each group suggested improvements to the course that they felt would improve mental health and well‐being. The main suggestions raised were: reassurance that the disclosure of mental health problems would not automatically result in fitness to practice proceedings; separate academic and pastoral roles of tutors; open up the topic of mental health and well‐being more frequently during the programme; improve knowledge about the availability of support services; and have mentors who are at an earlier stage in postgraduate training (e.g. junior doctors). Discussion It is necessary to tackle the prevalent myths about this topic. Many students are unaware of the support services available. This conference has therefore sought to increase awareness of the topic. An approach is also now needed to identify those who need extra help. The authors strongly advocate opening up this topic throughout the course in the context of a dedicated conference, for example.

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“…The researches by the scientists [5,6,7,8] have confirmed the positive effect of the exercises on the condition of all systems of life support of an organism and, accordingly, on the improvement of physical condition and health indicators of the students. To achieve a positive effect, you need to be engaged regularly and systematically.…”

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IJAEP

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Physical condition is one of the components of human health. Thus, students as future teachers of different specializations should be diagnosed in order to characterize their level of physical condition. The aim of the present research is to define the students' level of physical condition, to determine the factors that influence it. The research was conducted in 2017 and involved 75 students aged from 17 to 21 years old of the first and second courses of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko. According to the results of the research, most students of different faculties have an average level of physical condition. At the same time the number of students with a level above the average is greater among future teachers of physical culture. The high level of physical condition is determined in 5,7% of the representatives of the Educational and Research Institute of Physical Culture. The high level of physical condition of the students of other faculties has not been recorded. It is also found out that the number of classes and physical activity of future physical training teachers is much higher than of other students. The data we have received do not differ significantly from the results of other authors and indicate the need to increase the level of physical condition and motor activity of the students by increasing the number of physical education classes for the students of different specializations.

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Medical Student Beliefs about Disclosure of Mental Health Issues: A Qualitative Study

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