DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i09.027

Pages: 3045-3048

Health-related anxiety issues are common among medical students. One such entity is Medical Student Syndrome. As beginners into the study of various pathologies and diseases, medical students sometimes attribute undue attention to apparently trivial events and symptoms, which they would have otherwise previously neglected. Consequently they become apprehensive and often preoccupied with the thought of suffering from serious ailments. It has even been described as being analogous to a mild form of occupational illness by some authors. Apart from affecting the academic performance and clinical acumen of the budding doctor, the mere assumption of it being just a psychological construct could also adversely affect the health-care seeking behaviour of medical students. The present article intends to present a narrative review of the research done on this subject from 1960 onwards to the present day which would enhance our current understanding and implications of this condition.