DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i08.077

Pages: 3128-3131

Internship is the transition period from being a medical student to becoming a junior doctor. Increased responsibility for patient care; long working hours and preparation for postgraduate medical entrance examination create stress among interns. To assess level of job stress, job satisfaction and coping strategies adopted by interns of a tertiary care hospital of central India. Present observational descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2015 to March 2016 among 168 interns at Government Medical College, Nagpur using self-administered HCJSSQ questionnaire. Of 168 studied subjects, 91.6% perceived their work stress to be very high and only 30.7% of the respondents reported being completely satisfied with their job, prime cause of stress was underpayment among 91.1% of respondents, Having good relations with parents was satisfying for 75.6% of the respondents, Majority of respondents chose to cope with job stress through conversations with partner / friends/family (71.4%). The findings clearly highlight the importance of developing appropriate policy by medical educators to reduce stress among interns so as to, improve their learning outcome, and patient care.