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Medical profession is being dominated by female students but little attention is being paid on making them emotionally and physically competent to match their corresponding gender with whom they have to work in parallel in the near future. Research is crucial in this area to identify their needs and provide the solutions. The current research was planned to identify gender related depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) among medical students across the academic years and highlight the intricate web of stressors that medical students encounter. A concurrent mixed method study was conducted on a random sample of 200 medical students of 2nd and 5th year with equal gender distribution. DASS21 scale was used to assess DAS. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected on Google forms. Quantitative data were assessed by chi-square test and the qualitative data by manual thematic analysis. The 2nd year female students had significantly higher stress than their male counter-parts. No statistically significant difference was appreciated within the 5th year gender wise though the females had relatively higher DAS levels. No significant difference on DASS21 was observed within the same gender across the academic years. The female and male students reported fear of failure and less prep time versus syllabus load as their major stressors respectively. The study has identified the need to empower females emotionally at the level of their upbringing to formative medical years. Furthermore, male students must learn to manage time and be responsible doctors.
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Journal: Abstract Book on 9th Annual Neuroscience Conference (ANC-23) August 12-13, 2023 , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023