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Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015
BACKGROUND: Developing social skills and mental health is a crucial part of the psychosocial health status of medical students. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the life skills of medical students in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS). METHODS: This cross-sectional study was...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238495 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5536 |
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author | Rezayat, Arash Akhavan Niroumand, Shabnam Shiehzadeh, Elham Saghebi, Ali Oskooie, Reza Rahimzadeh Dadgarmoghaddam, Maliheh |
author_facet | Rezayat, Arash Akhavan Niroumand, Shabnam Shiehzadeh, Elham Saghebi, Ali Oskooie, Reza Rahimzadeh Dadgarmoghaddam, Maliheh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Developing social skills and mental health is a crucial part of the psychosocial health status of medical students. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the life skills of medical students in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS). METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2015. By census method, 146 interns were entered into the study. The life skill questionnaire, consisting of 144 questions, was used as the measurement tool. Over 3 months, all the medical students in internship period were asked to complete the questionnaire. Data were analyzed by independent-samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Mann-Whitney with SPSS version 11.5 software. RESULTS: Women were shown to have higher decision-making ability than men (p=0.046). It was also shown in the study that social behavior (p=0.018), participation in activities that improve benefits (p=0.006), critical thinking (p=0.007), observing and using safety points (p=0.005), and mental health status (p=0.034) were significantly lower in men than in women. The data also suggests that men (13.97±4.7249) are more likely to become global citizens than women (12.15±3.6298) (p=0.010). Furthermore, there was a significant difference when comparing smoking and non-smoking in freedom and justice (p=0.003) and becoming a global citizen (p=0.012). CONCLUSION: Our study provides helpful information about medical students’ life skills for policy makers and university authorities. We suggest that gender differences should be considered during life skill training. |
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spelling | pubmed-57188592017-12-13 Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 Rezayat, Arash Akhavan Niroumand, Shabnam Shiehzadeh, Elham Saghebi, Ali Oskooie, Reza Rahimzadeh Dadgarmoghaddam, Maliheh Electron Physician Original Article BACKGROUND: Developing social skills and mental health is a crucial part of the psychosocial health status of medical students. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the life skills of medical students in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS). METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2015. By census method, 146 interns were entered into the study. The life skill questionnaire, consisting of 144 questions, was used as the measurement tool. Over 3 months, all the medical students in internship period were asked to complete the questionnaire. Data were analyzed by independent-samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Mann-Whitney with SPSS version 11.5 software. RESULTS: Women were shown to have higher decision-making ability than men (p=0.046). It was also shown in the study that social behavior (p=0.018), participation in activities that improve benefits (p=0.006), critical thinking (p=0.007), observing and using safety points (p=0.005), and mental health status (p=0.034) were significantly lower in men than in women. The data also suggests that men (13.97±4.7249) are more likely to become global citizens than women (12.15±3.6298) (p=0.010). Furthermore, there was a significant difference when comparing smoking and non-smoking in freedom and justice (p=0.003) and becoming a global citizen (p=0.012). CONCLUSION: Our study provides helpful information about medical students’ life skills for policy makers and university authorities. We suggest that gender differences should be considered during life skill training. Electronic physician 2017-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5718859/ /pubmed/29238495 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5536 Text en © 2017 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rezayat, Arash Akhavan Niroumand, Shabnam Shiehzadeh, Elham Saghebi, Ali Oskooie, Reza Rahimzadeh Dadgarmoghaddam, Maliheh Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title | Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title_full | Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title_fullStr | Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title_short | Assessment of life skills of medical students in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015 |
title_sort | assessment of life skills of medical students in mashhad, iran, in 2015 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238495 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/5536 |
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