One in five medical students in the UK reported thinking about leaving school, according to a recent survey that revealed many students were experiencing mental health issues. Approximately 800 students answered the initial questionnaire, and about 407 finished the follow-up survey, which asked about their intention to leave school and their mental health. The survey was conducted online between November 2020 and February 2021 and was followed up with between February and May 2021 by medical students at nine different institutions in the nation.
The BMA medical students committee’s welfare deputy chairmen, Ria Bansal and Akshata Valsangkar, released a statement in response to the latest poll, saying, “These concerning results are consistent with what we hear from our fellow medical students every day.”
“No one should feel so anxious and under such severe strain from studying to be a doctor that they develop serious symptoms of poor mental health . According to a BMA study conducted earlier this month among over 3,500 medical students, over 40% have thought of stopping their education or quitting medicine because of financial pressures. We don’t have to subject medical students to these incredible and uncontrollable pressures,” Bansal and Valsangkar continued.
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