Coping with Stress in Medical Education PDF

Coping with stress in medical education Khalid A. Bin Abdulrahman, MD Professor of Family Medicine & Medical education, Professor Chair, Dr AlKholi Chair for Development of Medical Education in Saudi Arabia, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic...

Coping with stress in medical education Khalid A. Bin Abdulrahman, MD Professor of Family Medicine & Medical education, Professor Chair, Dr AlKholi Chair for Development of Medical Education in Saudi Arabia, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [email protected] @profkhalid_ksa At the end of this session each student should be able to: Recognize the most common causes of stress during medical education journey Recognize the features of stressful medical student Understand the main strategies that will help coping with stress Definition Stress is the bodily responses to pressures, challenges, problems. A stressor is anything that speeds up, keys up, or tenses your body anything that pushes you or worries you. Stress is unavoidable one can learn to minimize its negative effects Stress and Its Effects on Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study at a College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia Abdulghani HM, AlKanhal AA, Mahmoud ES, Ponnamperuma GG, Alfaris EA. Stress and its effects on medical students: a cross- sectional study at a college of medicine in Saudi Arabia. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011;29(5):516-522. doi:10.3329/jhpn.v29i5.8906 * Response rate 87% (n=892). * prevalence of stress was 63%, and * the prevalence of severe stress was 25%. * The prevalence of stress was higher (p