Students' psychological distress in an English program embedded in a medical school in a non-English speaking country
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15110%2F13%3A33148967" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15110/13:33148967 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.ijme.net/archive/4/distress-of-international-students.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.ijme.net/archive/4/distress-of-international-students.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.5290.ae54" target="_blank" >10.5116/ijme.5290.ae54</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Students' psychological distress in an English program embedded in a medical school in a non-English speaking country
Original language description
To clarify if medical students in an English program in a non-English speaking country are exposed to a higher risk of psychological distress compared to comparable local medical students. An online survey was conducted for all medical students both in the English program exclusively for international students (n=235) and in the local program (n=1043) at the Palacky University in the Czech Republic. The Medical Student Well-Being Index (MSWBI) was used to define the student's psychological distress. Logistic regressions were conducted to find an effect of the study program on the students' psychological distress, adjusted by age, study year, marital status, residential status, and frequency of contact with significant others, stratified by gender. Forty four percent (n=68) of the respondents in the English program screened positive for psychological distress, and 53% (n=221) in the local program. There was an interaction between gender and program in the association with psychological
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FQ - Public health system, social medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Medical Education
ISSN
2042-6372
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
4
Issue of the periodical within the volume
prosinec
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
260-266
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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