Commuting Stress in Medical Students

Abstract

Medical education in India is challenging and can impose a significant quantum of psychological stress on undergraduates. The various contributors of perceived stress among medical students like the excessive workload and educational content, combined with high level of educational demands, a lack of time for leisure, family & friends, studying for residency, choice of specialty, and delayed income have been studied. However, the health effects of commuting have been surprisingly not elaborated upon at all in case of Indian medical students. There should be efforts to understand the complex interactions of medical education and commuting of students during pandemic with a planning to increase awareness of physical distancing, use of sanitizer and face mask among the general population as well as medical students.