FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENT′S PROGRESS OF STUDY OF THE THEORETICAL DISCIPLINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.1.10084Keywords:
students, educational stress, progressAbstract
The aim of the work – to determine the factors that influence the success of medical students.
The main body. Learning at a high school on the one hand is a necessity of the present, on the other – a difficult stage in the life of young people. The student of the first courses must adapt to the new conditions of existence, the dynamics of learning, change mode of living and work, their behavior. The large amount of new information, the physical and psychological difficulties faced by the student, lead to constant stress, anxiety and, as a result, chronic stress. The modern educational system is constantly changing, its entails the need for the student to constantly adapt to innovations. The student’s age is characterized by a variety of emotions, feelings and means of manifestation. Therefore, at the present stage, the study of the problem of stress in students’ educational activity remains relevant.
The article presents data of anonymous survey of 163 students of 1–2-courses of the medical university regarding the reasons for unsatisfactory success in studying the theoretical discipline of Human Anatomy. Respondents were asked to independently determine the causes of inadequate mastery of material from discipline in practical classes and lectures.
Conclusion. The obtained results testify to the state of chronic stress of students due to the imperfection of the educational system, the large amount of information, the exacerbation of chronic diseases, psychological problems.
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