Mental Health of Medical Students - Supporting Wellbeing in Medical Education

Recent research has found high levels of stress and burnout amongst medical students, leading to students dropping out or leaving the profession early. This book explores burnout in medical students from across the globe, and provides ideas for a model of care to help educators and individuals take steps towards better student wellbeing.

List of contents

• Part 1


• 1: Dinesh Bhugra, Daniel Poulter, and Max Pemberton: Medical Education: History and Challenges


• 2: Nyapati Rao: Globalization and Medical Education in a Post Pandemic World: A Historical Review


• 3: Debbie Cohen and Thomas Kitchen: Future Perspectives in Medical Education


• 4: Thomas Hewson, Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa, Roshelle Ramkisson, and Santosh K. Chaturvedi: Healthcare Systems in Low- and Middle-income Countries, Future Directions, and Anticipated Medical Workforce Needs


• 5: Gemma Simons and Raymond Effah: Measuring Wellbeing: A Methodological Systematic Review of the Challenges and Controversies


• Part 2


• 6: Israel Kanaan Blaas and João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia: Brazil: Mental Health of Brazilian Medical Students


• 7: Nancy Brager, Mike Paget, Johanna Holm, and T. Chris Wilkes: Canada: A Review of Canadian Medical Student Wellbeing


• 8: Jesper Nørgaard Kjær: Denmark: Medical Student Wellbeing in Denmark


• 9: Umakant Dave, Andrew Grant, Liz Forty, Chris Horn, and Sara Hunt: Wales: Initiatives to Support Medical Students' Mental Health in Wales


• 10: Tarek Okasha, Nermine Shaker, and Dina Aly El-Gabry: Egypt: Burnout, Mental Health, and Wellbeing among Egyptian Students


• 11: Ekaterine Berdzenishvili, Eteri Machavariani, and Eka Chkonia: Georgia: Mental Health and Wellbeing of Medical Students in Georgia


• 12: Julie Chen, Linda Chan, and Weng Chin: Hong Kong: Medical Student Wellbeing in Hong Kong


• 13: Avinash Shekhar, Sharad Philip, Santosh K. Chaturvedi, and Dinesh Bhugra: India: Stress and Burnout amongst Medical Students in India


• 14: Theresia Citraningtyas, Rossalina Lili, Darien Alfa Cipta, and Nabila Ananda Kloping: Indonesia: Supporting Indonesian Medical Student Wellbeing in Medical Education: A Call to Action to Address Burnout


• 15: Antonio Ventriglio, Gaia Sampogna, and Andrea Fiorillo: Italy: Mental Health and Wellbeing among Italian Medical Students


• 16: Rawan Masri and Almu'atasim Khamees: Jordan: Medical Student Wellbeing in Jordan


• 17: Maha Lemtiri Chelieh, Redouane Abouqal, and Jihane Belayachi: Morocco: Mental Health among Moroccan Medical Students


• 18: Bikram Kafle: Nepal: Medical Student Wellbeing in Nepal


• 19: Fiona Moir, Kristy Usher, and Hamish Wilson: New Zealand: The Power of Connection: Perspectives on Medical Student Wellbeing in New Zealand


• 20: Olatunde Ayinde and Oye Gureje: Nigeria: Mental Health of Medical students: Nigeria


• 21: Julio Torales and Israel González: Paraguay: The Mental Health of Medical Students: The Case of Paraguay


• 22: Telma Almeida: Portugal: The Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal


• 23: Egor Chumakov, Nataliia Petrova, and Ivan Pchelin: Russia: The Mental Health of Medical Students in Russia


• 24: Dulangi Dahanayake and Anuprabha Wickramasinghe: Sri Lanka: The Mental Health of Medical Students: Supporting Wellbeing in Medical Education in Sri Lanka


• 25: Andrew Molodynski and Sarah Marie Farrell: Regional Themes


• Part 3


• 26: Sarah Marie Farrell, Amy Schranz, Sharad Philip, Hannah Koury, Harmani Daler, and Nabila Ananda Kloping: Medical Student Reflections


• 27: Sapna Agrawal: Considering the Needs of Those Studying Medicine Abroad


• 28: Hannah S. Barham-Brown: Supporting the Wellbeing of Medical Students with Disabilities and Long-Term Health Conditions


• 29: Kate Irvine, Christopher Mohan, Eimear O'Neill, and Mary Cannon: Substance Misuse amongst Medical Students


• 30: Evie Kemp: How Can Universities and Health Systems Look After Medical Students?


• 31: Anna Collini and Caroline Elton: How Can Medical Students Look After Themselves?


• 32: Grace W. Gengoux, Yamilka Alsina Martin, and Isheeta Zalpuri: Aiming for Fulfilment


• 33: Jay Kaplan: What is Being Done, and Does It Work?


• 34: Andrew Molodynski, Sarah Marie Farrell, and Dinesh Bhugra: Conclusions


• Appendix: Medical Student Wellbeing Charter

About the author

Andrew Molodynski is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Oxford University, UK. He has worked in community psychiatry for 20 years and been actively involved in research in the field for 15. He is the mental health lead for the British Medical Association Consultants Committee and Secretary General of the World Association of Social Psychiatry.

Sarah Marie Farrell is an Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery working at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Oxford. She has published work in the realms of medical student wellbeing, dopamine and the prefrontal cortex, and pain and the autonomic nervous system.

Dinesh Bhugra is Professor Emeritus of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, at Kings College London, UK. He has (co)edited and (co)authored over 40 books, including the Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health (OUP) which won the British Medical Award (BMA) Book of the Year in Psychiatry in 2019, and Practical Cultural Psychiatry (OUP) which was highly commended in the same year. He was President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2008-2011, the World Psychiatric Association from 2014-2017, and the British Medical Association from 2018-2019.

Summary

Medical students are the medical workforce of the future, responsible for both individual and population health. With an ageing global population, changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased computerisation and roboticization of medicine, doctors will require ever more flexibility, foresight, and courage going forward. It is crucial that their training equips them for the challenges ahead. However, recent research has found worryingly high levels of stress and burnout amongst these individuals, leading to more students dropping out or leaving the profession early.

This volume presents research findings on the rates of burnout in medical students from around the world and provides ideas for a model of care to help educators and individuals take steps towards better student wellbeing. The first section covers the development of medical teaching, likely future directions of healthcare and the role of doctors, the current global situation in high-, middle-, and low- income countries, and how we measure and define burnout. The second section analyses case studies from countries across the globe, reviewing regional themes of burnout, mental health symptoms, and stressors. The third section hears from the medical students themselves, considers circumstances such as studying abroad, or studying with health conditions, and looks at potential interventions and good practice for the future, including the role of the universities and institutions, and advice to medical students on how to look after themselves.

A truly international collaboration with a focus on medical student mental health and wellbeing, this book will be of interest to medical education professionals, occupational health physicians, and medical practitioners, as well as researchers, medical students, and trainees.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew (Consultant Psychiatrist Molodynski
• Assisted by: Dinesh Bhugra (Editor), Bhugra Dinesh (Editor), Sarah Marie Farrell (Editor), Andrew Molodynski (Editor), Molodynski Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2024
• EAN: 9780192864871
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286487-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Stress Management, coping with stress, Personal & public health, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Health systems & services, Personal and public health / health education, Health systems and services, Coping with / advice about stress