Health Issues in Medical Students: How We Need To Take Care of Our Future Generation Doctors

• Main Authors: Apichat Sinthubua, Srijit Das, Sittiporn Ruengdit, Phruksachat Singsuwan, Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University 2016-04-01
• Series: Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University
• Subjects: Disease; Illness; Medical; Students.
• Online Access: http://jkimsu.com/jkimsu-vol5no2/JKIMSU,%20Vol.%205,%20No.%202,%20April-June%202016%20Page%205-7.pdf

Medical profession is one of the most coveted professions in the society. During the medical course, individuals are subjected to much stress and hardships. Many fail to cope up and quit the course or even land up in substance abuse. A major cause of concern is the health of any medico. On few occasion the disease may be imaginative in nature whereas at other times it may be actually present. There is a need to differentiate between two. At many occasions, there are illnesses which are a cause of worry for both parents and administration. The health of every single budding doctor is important as entrance to medical course is an intellectual superior individual it incurs heavy expenses on the part of the administration and we cannot afford to compromise on such a potential asset to the society. We performed an extensive search of literature such as Pubmed, Scopus and Google for obtaining necessary articles for this short narrative mini review. Search terms included: “medical”, students”, “illnesses”, disease.” The present review is first of its kind which aims to discuss the medical illness and various diseases affecting the medicos during their professional career. The results of the review may help in better planning in terms of taking care of the health of medical students