Medical And Social Aspects of The Health State of Students of Russian Medical Universities

Abstract

The period of study at medical universities is characterized by an extremely high psycho-emotional load that students are exposed to. In addition, the specifics of medical environment and activity nature add additional risk factors in comparison with training at technical and other universities. All this leads to the development of chronic diseases and a number of functional disorders, including emergence of insomnia, anxiety, deterioration of eye refraction, dilation of pelvis veins and lower extremities, alimentary disorders, pathology of reproductive sphere, etc. The health of future doctors is the subject of close attention of researchers because the professional activities of today's students should make a significant contribution to improving the health of the entire population in the future.

The purpose of this article is to highlight the existing problems associated with the deterioration of health state of medical students during their studies at the university.