RESEARCH PROJECT Stress factors among
RESEARCH PROJECT
Stress factors among college students in Kenya Medical Training College (Kenyatta Hospital Branch)
RANZOLINE OCHOLA
Research Theme
Stress factors among college students.
Introduction
It has been observed with a great concern that medical students in Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) (Kenyatta Hospital Branch) undergo tremendous stress during the final stages of their course where they are required to serve for three months voluntary internship after successfully completing their course. The stress is further elevated by the fact that their counterparts who go through medicine school go for the same internship but they receive working benefits. The differences between the Kenya Medical Training College scholars and those in medical school at the University of Nairobi (Chiromo Campus) as well as those from other local universities is the period spent in school. However, the voluntary attachment that is mandatory for both groups is offered to government institutions by the students who have completed their studies (Oxington, 2009). In this regard, one group benefits by earning good salaries before they clear campus while another spends their savings trying to perform the internship. Additionally, for the medical college students who attend University of Nairobi, the job after the internship process is assured while for the interns from KMTC, the job is not secured. In some circumstances, the interns from KMTC are issued with more difficult tasks to perform than their counterparts from the University of Nairobi.
Literature Review Courses in medical education are very stressful and quite demanding on the side of students. The large burden of studies and information leaves a very little opportunity for students to recreate and relax. The study process is constituted with different stressors that may bring a reduction in concentration levels, lowered self-esteem as well as an increase in
Stress factors among college students in Kenya Medical Training College (Kenyatta Hospital Branch)
RANZOLINE OCHOLA
Research Theme
Stress factors among college students.
Introduction
It has been observed with a great concern that medical students in Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) (Kenyatta Hospital Branch) undergo tremendous stress during the final stages of their course where they are required to serve for three months voluntary internship after successfully completing their course. The stress is further elevated by the fact that their counterparts who go through medicine school go for the same internship but they receive working benefits. The differences between the Kenya Medical Training College scholars and those in medical school at the University of Nairobi (Chiromo Campus) as well as those from other local universities is the period spent in school. However, the voluntary attachment that is mandatory for both groups is offered to government institutions by the students who have completed their studies (Oxington, 2009). In this regard, one group benefits by earning good salaries before they clear campus while another spends their savings trying to perform the internship. Additionally, for the medical college students who attend University of Nairobi, the job after the internship process is assured while for the interns from KMTC, the job is not secured. In some circumstances, the interns from KMTC are issued with more difficult tasks to perform than their counterparts from the University of Nairobi.
Literature Review Courses in medical education are very stressful and quite demanding on the side of students. The large burden of studies and information leaves a very little opportunity for students to recreate and relax. The study process is constituted with different stressors that may bring a reduction in concentration levels, lowered self-esteem as well as an increase in
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