Psychometric Properties of Depression Anxiety and Stress in Preclinical Medical Students.

Background: Medical education and learning outcomes might adversely affect students’ mental health in all axes depression, anxiety, and stress. Faculty has a concern regarding the mental well-being of the medical students.

Objective: Explore the prevalence of depressive anxiety and stress symptoms, ways of coping, and their relationships to variables among preclinical medical students.

Perceptions of Medical Students and Facilitators of an Early Clinical Exposure Instructional Program.

Background: Early introduction to clinical medicine program was use as medical curriculum, Suranaree University since 2007. Today, medical students are learning introduction to patient contact, communication skills and clinical examination in the pre-clinicalyears with the purpose ofgaining early clinical experience.

Objective: Investigation for pre-clinical students and clinical facilitators' perception through early introduction to clinical medicine.