Stress in the Medical and Educational Field

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This paper discusses stress in the medical and educational community. Looking at not only the daily stress that physicians and personnel in the medical field have to deal with, the author also considers the stress that patients have to face, such as financial concerns. Students are also another group of people who face stress, albeit not life threatening. More so international students as they usually are alone and away from home with higher educational expectations. The paper discusses the stress inducers that students might encounter and explains the methodology of conducting a study on international students to find out how their educational experiences can be enhanced and improved.

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"There are as many areas of stress and time pressures in the world as there are areas of study, and there have been a wide variety of studies conducted on the effects of stress and how human beings handle such effects. The medical field in particular jumps to the forefront when thinking of dealing with stressful and immediate situations. It is in the medical field that the daily stress of dealing with people who have contracted various diseases or who are coping with illnesses is complemented by the additional stress of oftentimes having to make quick decisions that could ultimately end up being the difference between life and death. Therefore, stress does not only affect the physician working with the patient, but affects the patient as well, who could be feeling even more stress because the illness is so personal."

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