ASSESSMENT OF THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE OF MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS AT THE STAGE OF ADAPTATION TO EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Abstract

Formulation of the problem. Students make up a specific social group, which is characterized by certain living and learning conditions, specific communicational, morphofunctional and psychosocial features. Disturbance of adaptation to new conditions of existence may contribute to a negative psycho-emotional state of the students, lower learning efficiency, and health impairment. Analysis of recent research and publications. The analysis of the latest publications suggests the importance of knowledge of human adaptation specifics and the ability to use it in certain critical situations. Scientists distinguish several directions of students` adaptation: socio-psychological, pedagogical, educational, and professional ones. The peculiarities of the psycho-emotional state of students were studied under the conditions of distance learning and the associated stress, in wartime and coronavirus pandemic conditions. An insufficient research has been dedicated so far to the problem of assessing the psycho-emotional state of medical students. The purpose of the study was to assess the psycho-emotional state of students of the first-year medical faculty, to study the special aspects of students' adaptation to the educational process, as well as to determine factors that would contribute to optimization and higher efficiency of the adaptation processes. Presentation of the basic materials of the study. We used the methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, comparison, scientific observation and interview in the study. The study involved 160 first-year students of the medical faculty of the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia. The results of the study showed that the majority of students consciously chose the medical profession, did not doubt their choice, and considered themselves ready to study. But at the time of interview, more than half of the students assessed their psycho-emotional state as anxious and depressed, and mentioned the education, everyday life, and communication problems. They also noted the health impairment. Conclusion. The adaptation of medical students is closely related to the vision and perception of the future profession, understanding of its importance and social significance. To facilitate the students' adaptation to learning process, it is necessary to create a conductive and positive psycho-emotional atmosphere at the educational institution. A promising direction of further research into this problem is the study of adaptation mechanisms, the search and development of scientific and pedagogical approaches that would facilitate the processes of adaptation of medical students to the educational process.