SynthesisBMC medical education2019
What keeps medical students healthy and well? A systematic review of observational studies on protective factors for health and well-being during medical education.
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- Pooled it
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- Health care workers' risk behaviors and health status: Hidden realities or new paradigms?Journal of medicine, surgery, and public health · 2024Article
- Mental health and burnout during medical school: Longitudinal evolution and covariates.PloS one · 2024Article
- Professional development of medical students - piloting a longitudinal curriculum at Jena University Hospital (LongProf).GMS journal for medical education · 2024Article
- Screen time and sleep among medical students in Germany.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- [Intention to quit health-related and medical studies in Austria].Pravention und Gesundheitsforderung · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and predictive factors for depressive symptoms among medical students in Germany - a cross-sectional study.GMS journal for medical education · 2022Article
- Trends of Active Learning in Higher Education and Students' Well-Being: A Literature Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Stress and behavior patterns throughout medical education - a six year longitudinal study.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Addressing Medical Student Wellness Over the Long Term: How Should We Be Evaluating Wellness Programs?Medical science educator · 2021Article
- An analysis of the implementation effects of new paths and methods of occupational ethics education for medical students in higher vocational colleges.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Using Appreciative Inquiry to explore the effect of COVID-19 on student trust: medical students' perspective.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2020Article
- Feasibility and effectiveness of stress management skill training in medical students.Medical journal, Armed Forces IndiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the growing evidence of a negative impact of medical school on students' health and well-being, little is known about protective factors for staying healthy and well during medical education. Therefore, a systematic review of peer-reviewed studies aiming to identify such predictors was conducted.
methodsMedline, Embase, and PsychInfo were systematically searched by using preselected MeSH terms to identify English- and German-language peer-reviewed articles (observational studies) examining predictors for medical students' health and well-being, published between January 2001 and April 2018. Two authors independently selected abstracts reporting predictors for medical students' health and well-being. Further, two authors extracted information from the identified studies, needed for methodological quality assessment of the studies, as well as for comprehensive description of identified predictors.
resultsFrom 5013 hits in the database search, six observational studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. These studies were of heterogeneous design and quality. They featured a wide variety of health and well-being related outcomes and of its predictors. Lower levels of perceived stress, as well as lower levels of neuroticism were found to predict better health-related outcomes.
conclusionsFurther research, by using harmonized tools for the assessment of outcomes, as well as predictors, is needed to determine what keeps students healthy and well during medical education. Identifying protective factors is an essential prerequisite for the design of evidence-based health-promoting interventions.
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