Almost 20% of students in health-related courses in UCC suffer extreme stress

Almost one-in-five students across a range of medical third level courses suffer extreme stress according to a new study, with an academic supervisor claiming stress during training can help once they are working in frontline fields.

The study, titled ’’Perceived stress experienced by undergraduate healthcare professional students throughout their degree’’, surveyed 205 students at University College Cork across a range of courses, led by general nursing and pharmacy and also including medicine and dentistry.