Medical Students’ Perception of Their Educational Environment and Quality of Life

Abstract

The authors observed a positive association between QoL measures and DREEM scores. This association had a dose-response effect, independent of age, sex, and year of medical training, showing that educational environment appears to be an important moderator of medical student QoL.

Medical Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment: Learning Communities Are Associated With a More Positive Learning Environment in a Multi-Institutional Medical School Study

“…39 A recent multi-institutional study demonstrated a positive association between the educational environment and medical student quality-of-life scores. 40 If less intense grade competition and encouragement of interests outside of medicine decrease stress in the preclinical environment without sacrificing educational outcomes, this may lay the foundation for long-term work-life integration necessary in medical careers. 41 The initial lack of difference between LC and non-LC student perceptions of faculty being reserved and distant may reflect a general perception of faculty members rather than LC mentors specifically.…”

Factors associated to depression and anxiety in medical students: a multicenter study

“…VERAS study is a multicenter study involving 22 Brazilian medical schools to evaluate quality of life, emotional competencies and educational environment of students and residents of health professions [30–32]. …”

“…Later, we increased the sample to 1,650 students to account for 30 % of loss of participants. At least 60 medical students, stratified in clusters by gender and program year (i.e., 5 males, 5 females per each of the six training years) were randomly selected using a computer-generated list of random numbers [30–32]. The participation in the study was voluntary without any financial compensation.…”

“…Once all questionnaires were answered each student received an individual and immediate feedback online for his/her scores. The participants had the opportunity to contact coordinator researchers for guidance and/or emotional support [30–32]. …”

“…Each item scores vary from 0 to 3 according to increasing symptom intensity [32]. The cut-offs for the BDI scores were defined as: no depression (0 to 9), mild (10 to 17 points), moderate (18 to 29 points) and severe (30 to 63 points) [33, 34].…”