DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/dmj.v13i1.40726

Qualitative Study of Anxiety Facing Block Examinations Among Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Gita Angun Damayanti  -  Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Jl. Ahmad Yani, Tamanan, Banguntapan, Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55191, Indonesia
*Nurul Qomariyah  -  Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Jl. Ahmad Yani, Tamanan, Banguntapan, Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55191, Indonesia
Nurul Hidayah  -  Department of Psychology, Universitas Ahmad Dahalan, Jl. Kapas 9, Semaki, Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta 55166, Indonesia

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Background: Medical students face examinations more frequently compared to students from other faculties. Examinations are one of the causes of anxiety commonly experienced by medical students, leading to both physical and psychological responses. Effective coping mechanisms in response to stressors are necessary for medical students as a defense mechanism. Objective: This research aims to explore the causes of exam anxiety, the contributing factors to anxiety and the coping mechanism used by medical students. Methods: The research adopts a qualitative descriptive design, the sample consist of active medical students from Faculty of Medicine, Ahmad Dahlan University who have faced block examinations. Sample selection was done using a test- anxiety inventory, with participants chosen from each academic year and divided into focus group discussion (FGD) sessions. The FGD results were subsequently analyzed using content analysis in the form of research problem categories. Results: The discovered data consists of the main research issues, which are student’s anxiety when facing block exams, the factors causing anxiety, and student’s coping mechanisms. Conclusion: The high anxiety group portrays block exams as a subjective matter and tends to lead to anxiety, students in low anxiety group predominantly utilize problem-focused coping mechanism.
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Keywords: anxiety; medical student; block examination; coping mechanism

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