A study on stress management and various issues faced by post-graduate medical students: special reference to medical colleges in Assam
by Viveka Gupta
International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management (IJICBM), Vol. 25, No. 4, 2022

Abstract: Medical course is difficult and painstaking because this comes with own unique challenges, opportunities, excitement and excessive stress. Medical students are always overburdened with an enormous amount of information. The overcharge of information creates a feeling of disappointment and dissatisfaction. Many medical students struggle with their own capacity to meet the demands of medical curriculum. This research paper attempts to look at medical students perspectives on factors that impact their stress level. The study was conducted among 100 post-graduate students from different medical colleges of Assam, India. The present study concludes that post-graduate students undergo tremendous work and study pressure simultaneously resulting in excessive amount of stress during various stages of medical career. In order to cope with the normal stressors of everyday life medical sciences students deal with different stressors this includes financial indebtedness, lack of leisure time and pressure of work relationships and career choices.

Online publication date: Tue, 10-May-2022

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