医学院的意外费用的负担在医学院的负担
Madeleine Ball1, LeAnn Lam2, Megan Tigue3
1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
PloS one
|December 5, 2024
概括
医学学生面临着相当大的意外费用,平均为4,937美元,影响了财务和心理健康,特别是第一代学生. 改善成本沟通和支持对于减轻这些负担至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 学生福利 学生福利
背景情况:
- 医学院成本上升是一个令人担忧的问题.
- 除了学费之外的意外开支对学生的成功有很大影响.
- 本研究量化了这些成本及其影响.
研究的目的:
- 识别和量化意想不到的医学院费用.
- 分析财务和心理健康的影响.
- 建议降低成本的策略.
主要方法:
- 美国医学学生的横截面调查.
- 关于意外成本 (测试准备,用品,费用) 的问卷.
- 评估对财务和心理健康的影响.
主要成果:
- 平均额外成本:4,937美元;83%超过预期的开支.
- 68%的学生面临财务限制;89%的学生是第一代学生.
- 65%的人报告精神健康影响,85%的第一代学生.
结论:
- 医学院的学费超出预期,造成压力并影响心理健康.
- 第一代学生不成比例地经历了财务和心理健康负担.
- 提高成本透明度和学生支持至关重要.
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