Ramanaidu S
Islington and Hampstead School of Radiography, London.
Radiogr Today. 1991 Feb;57(645):18-27.
The present study indicates that student radiographers, on the whole, experience stresses similar to those of other healthcare student groups. Students are more stressed due to pressure relating to the curriculum and demands of radiography education and training. Students were also anxious when having to deal with death and severely ill patients. Poor inter-personal relationships coupled with lack of adequate support, especially from senior members of staff, is another area of concern. Literature on social support does suggest that with adequate support groups the effects of stress can be reduced. While it is clear that overseas student report more stress than home students, it remains unclear whether this finding is due to their actual experience or to a tendency to report problems more intensely on questionnaires. The present sample of overseas students indicates that they have similar stresses as those of home students, especially academic work and inter-personal relationships. One area that produced significant differences between the two groups was the 'feeling of homesickness', which produced greater distress among overseas students. This was not an unexpected finding and available literature on overseas students does suggest this problem. However, an interesting finding in this study is that overseas students feel unhappy over the quality of their education and career choice, and are lacking in motivation. Although such feelings exist among home students they are of more concern to overseas students. It is not possible to identify the cause of such feelings but they could be due to feelings of homesickness which produces negative evaluation of the curriculum. On the other hand, further work needs to be done to identify whether radiography education and training fails to fulfill the aspirations and career needs of the overseas students.
本研究表明，总体而言，放射技师专业的学生所经历的压力与其他医护专业学生群体相似。由于与课程相关的压力以及放射学教育培训的要求，学生们承受着更大的压力。在不得不面对死亡和重症患者时，学生们也会感到焦虑。人际关系不佳，再加上缺乏足够的支持，尤其是来自资深 staff 的支持，是另一个令人担忧的问题。关于社会支持的文献确实表明，有足够的支持群体可以减轻压力的影响。虽然很明显，海外学生报告的压力比本土学生更大，但尚不清楚这一发现是由于他们的实际经历，还是由于他们在问卷上更强烈地报告问题的倾向。目前的海外学生样本表明，他们与本土学生有相似的压力，尤其是在学业和人际关系方面。两组之间产生显著差异的一个领域是“思乡之情”，这在海外学生中造成了更大的困扰。这并非一个意外的发现，关于海外学生的现有文献确实表明了这个问题。然而，本研究中一个有趣的发现是，海外学生对他们的教育质量和职业选择感到不满，并且缺乏动力。虽然本土学生中也存在这种感觉，但海外学生对此更为担忧。无法确定这种感觉的原因，但可能是由于思乡之情导致对课程产生负面评价。另一方面，需要进一步开展工作，以确定放射学教育培训是否未能满足海外学生的期望和职业需求。
