Is Student Stress Related to Personality or Learning Environment in a Physician Assistant Program?

The Journal of Physician Assistant Education : the Official Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association
C Sonia WardleyJames A Van Rhee

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the impact of students' personalities and 2 different learning environments-lecture-based learning (LBL) and problem-based learning (PBL)-on the stress perceived by 5 cohorts of physician assistant (PA) students. Students rated their stress related to family obligations, financial concerns, schoolwork, relocation, and overall stress on 6 occasions over the course of the 2-year program. Personalities of students were assessed using the California Psychological Inventory 7 months into the program. Students' expectations and observations of their learning environments were measured using the PA School Learning Environment Survey at the beginning and end of the didactic year. Personalities of LBL and PBL students were very similar, but LBL students who scored higher on the Independence concept were less stressed about their schoolwork. The LBL students, in general, were more discontented with their learning environment, but this finding was not related to higher schoolwork-related stress. In contrast, PBL students' personalities were not related to stress, and PBL students also rated some dimensions of their learning environment higher than they had expected. However, those PBL students who...Continue Reading

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