2024-02-06 11:18:00
MADRID, 06 (SERVIMEDIA)
70% of the university students served by the Telematic Psychological Support Service for Medical Students (Sapem) are in the last two years of their degree.
As reported this Tuesday by the General Council of Official Medical Colleges (Cgcom), academic difficulties, anxiety before exams, demotivation, high demands, stress or difficulties related to the family and personal sphere were the main reasons for demand from more than 280 students who were attended to at Sapem.
This was revealed by the Foundation for the Social Protection of the Collegiate Medical Organization (Fpsomc), the State Council of Medical Students (CEEM) and the Medical Mutual Foundation (FMM), promoters of Sapem, in the balance made since its launch. launching in October 2022.
According to this study, 48% of the medical students treated at Sapem were between 21 and 23 years old. After more than a year in operation, it became clear that the sixth year of the degree was the year with the highest incidence of students served in this service, with 39% of students, followed by the fifth and third year with 30% and 29 %, respectively. This means that 70% of the students served are in the final years of their degree.
These data reflected the importance of self-care from the early stages of the profession and the relevance of psychological support tools such as Sapem to detect patterns around mental health illnesses.
STUDENT PROBLEMS
In fact, Sapem was born to address and respond to a specific problem for students of the Medicine degree: mental disorders and emotional discomfort related to the activities of the training period.
This service provides psycho-emotional care to medical students in Spain who voluntarily request professional help through a telematic platform, by videoconference or by telephone, with mental health professionals and in a completely confidential manner.
Of the medical students assisted by the service’s Reception Unit, there were around 177 students who presented academic difficulties such as lack of motivation regarding the career, adaptive disorders, high demands, anxiety before exams, fear of a personal reaction to a patient. serious or before their relatives, and 52% difficulties related to the personal sphere and family or relational conflicts with their partner, family or friends.
The autonomous communities with the highest incidence of students served were Madrid with 21%, Galicia with 14%, Andalusia with 12% and Catalonia with 10%.
(SERVIMEDIA)06-FEB-2024 12:18 (GMT +1)ABG/gja
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