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Background: Mental health of a medical student remains affected throughout training due to long study and working hours, extensive course content, examinations, peer competition, uninspiring environments, sleep deprivation. Objectives of this study were to estimate the proportion of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Women medical undergraduate students and to determine the association between the Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Socio demographic factors among Women medical undergraduate students. Materials and methods: This were a cross sectional Study conducted among First, second, third and fourth year MBBS students of SVIMS - Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Medical students who were present and willing to participate voluntarily on the day of data collection were included. Sample size calculated was 375. Information collected was socio-demographic details and Depression Anxiety Stress scale [DASS 42] was used to assess depression, anxiety and stress levels. Results: The present study assessed Depression, Anxiety and Stress among 588 medical undergraduates, by DASS 42 scale which revealed prevalence of depression was 34.7%, anxiety 44% and stress 30.3% and their significance association with year of study, not satisfied/partially satisfied with own education, less consump-tion water, less sleeping hours and hours of usage of gadgets. Conclusion: The present study found that prevalence of depression 34.7%, anxiety 44% and stress 30.3% among medical undergraduates. Medical students under strain are either unaware of their situation or reluc-tant to seek help.
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Objective To construct the competency model of excellent and common clinical medicine undergraduates according to the competency theory . Methods Literature search was used to screen competency model. Behavioral event interview was used to interview 32 excellent clinical experts. Open questionnaire survey was conducted to 100 clinical medical undergraduates. We compiled the primary competency dictionary based on the above results. To determine the final competency dictionary, Delphi method of 50 experts was used to determine the final competency dictionary. According to the competency dictionary, a questionnaire survey was made to test the excellent and ordinary undergraduate students. Results The 38 features of behavioral event interview and 42 features of open questionnaire survey were combined to 51 features, which were used as the first round of expert questionnaire. Two rounds of expert consultation reached a high degree of coordination. 4 first level indicators: knowledge and skills, social role+values+service characteristics, self-concept and consciousness, personality quality and motivation and 36 features were established as final compentency model. 80 excellent clinical medical undergraduates got score of 143.65 ±23.53, while 100 ordinary undergraduates got score of 133.55 ±35.31 (t=2.29,P=0.023), which indicated the competency model could distinguish excellent and ordinary clinical under-graduates . Conclusion This competency model of clinical undergraduate students is reliable and practical, which can be used in future clinical undergraduate training and evaluation.
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To adapt the requirement of Chinese education development, and to abandon the defects of two semester system, such as too-long semester, inflexible curriculum, and restricting personality devel-opment of students, Xi'an Jiaotong University has performed semester reform for reforming the contents and methods of the teaching, promoting the innovation ability of students, and improving the quality of the scholastic education since 2013. In the current study, we have attempted to demonstrate the benefits of the semester reform for promoting the innovation ability of students, and to reveal the active role of the semester reform through comparing the presentation of medical undergraduate students in the national competition of innovation training for medical undergraduate students. Overall, the results of our analysis have supported the semester reform, and provided the reference information for the semester reforms of Chinese universities.
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The traditional experimental teaching of pathology has defect in training the students' operating ability and mobilizing the initiative of students to observe.Pathology Department of North Sichuan Medical College has developed pathology specimens-making competition for undergraduate students.The students observed,chose and made specimens by themselves after sufficient review of the relevant pathology knowledge.The competition has mobilized the enthusiasm of students effectively and developed their operating ability.This form of teaching should become beneficial supplement to the experimental teaching of pathology.
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Clinical practice course during the physical diagnosis studying is very important for the medical undergraduate students. It’s a bridge between the medical basic knowledge and clinical work. Several aspects such as moral education,learning attitude,scientific schedule,mas-tering the basic medical knowledge and physical examination,typical case and communicating skill must be emphasized in the clinical practice course.
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College education plays a significant role in cultivating the innovative talents in the national education system.It is an important way to make a person innovative By carrying out the education reform of scientific research among undergraduates.Much to my honor,I,having participated in all the process of the project application and experimental research supported by the funds,the project application of undergraduate scientific research,WHU,2006.I,attempt to make an argument about significance and superiority of the medical undergraduates taking part in the scientific research.Moreover,I would like to put forward some principles for those who are about to participate in this similar kind of activity.