Implementation of the college student mental health education course (CSMHEC) in undergraduate medical curriculum: effects and insights

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作者
Wang, Qinghua [1 ]
Du, Tianjiao [2 ]
机构
[1] China Med Univ, Sch Fundamental Sci, Dept English, 77 Puhe Rd,Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, Liaoning, Peoples R China
[2] China Med Univ, Sch Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Psychol, 77 Puhe Rd,Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, Liaoning, Peoples R China
关键词
Medical students; Psychological health; Intervention; Mental health education course; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; DEPRESSION; ANXIETY; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY; BURNOUT;
D O I
10.1186/s12909-020-02438-1
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Background Extant literature reveals that medical students suffer from various mental health problems in the process of learning medicine. However, there are few studies evaluating the implementation of a mental health education course in medical curriculum. The current study aimed to test the effectiveness of an 8-week intensive mental health education course, the College Student Mental Health Education Course (CSMHEC), and to gain further insights on how the course could be improved from students' feedback. Methods This is a quasi-experimental study with both quantitative and qualitative analyses. We recruited 374 first year medical students as our subjects with 188 (age = 17.97 +/- 0.65 years, 37.2% male) for the experiment group and 186 (age = 18.02 +/- 0.63 years, 40.3% male) for the control group. For quantitative analysis, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21), Chinese College Student Academic Burnout Inventory (CCSABI) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were used and a 5-point Likert scale was used to indicate students' overall satisfaction with CSMHEC. For qualitative analysis, a thematic analysis method was adopted to gain insights from the feedback of medical students. Results Medical students in the experiment group saw a significant decline in psychological distress (p < 0.001, d = 0.31) and academic burnout (p < 0.001, d = 1.46), while they experienced a significant increase in life satisfaction levels after the intervention (p < 0.001, d = 0.48). Compared with students in the control group, students in the experiment group had statistically significant lower levels of psychological distress (p < 0.05, d = 0.23) and academic burnout (p < 0.001, d = 0.70), but statistically significant higher levels of life satisfaction in the post-test (p < 0.01, d = 0.31). Most students in the experiment group were satisfied with CSMHEC and themes extracted in the thematic analysis shed light on how the course could be improved. Conclusions Implementing a mental health education course like CSMHEC in medical curriculum can be effective in helping medical students improve psychological health. More research needs to be conducted on further refinement and better design of such a course to implement in medical education.
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