Depression and stress amongst undergraduate medical students

• DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0425-z
• Publication Date: 2015-08-26T16:07:07Z
• Authors: Allison B. Ludwig; William Burton; Jacqueline Weinga...; Felise Milan; Daniel C. Myers; Benjamin Kligler
• Keywords: Depression; Medical psychology

The demands placed on medical trainees pose a challenge to personal wellbeing, leading burnout and erosion of empathy. However, it is unclear at what point in education this decline begins. Although many schools have begun design implement wellness programs for their students, the community's experience evaluating impact limited.The authors designed needs assessment all students Albert Einstein College Medicine order assess students' health behaviors, stress depressive symptoms. online survey was administered from classes 2014 2015 beginning first year school again end third year. Chi-square T-tests were run comparing responses two classes.There significant increase perceived an average 5.51 6.49 (p = .0001). number risk depression, defined as CES-D score greater than 16, 94 (28.4%) 131 (39.0%) .004).This study demonstrates proportion depression compared well stress. In response these findings, took multi-disciplinary approach development comprehensive program address student wellness, including efforts issues specific clinical clerkships. This unique that its design, inception ongoing evaluation taken entire class into account.