title: Quality of Life of Medical Students during Clinical Clerkship.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the stress, resilience, social support, and quality of life (QOL) of medical students during a clinical clerkship and identified the factors that affected their QOL.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 53 medical college students and 43 postgraduate medical school students of D medical school in Korea. They completed a demographic questionnaire and self-rated questionnaires on stress, resilience, social support, and QOL. Frequency and descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of students' QOL was moderate. QOL correlated negatively with stress and positively with resilience and social support. Stress correlated negatively with resilience and social support. By regression analysis, stress and resilience affected the QOL of medical students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study indicate that stress negatively affects the QOL of medical students during clinical clerkship, which can be mitigated by resilience. Therefore, it is advisable to develop measures to ease stress and enhance resilience.
authors: Department of Social Welfare, Graduate School of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Nho Eun
authors: NE
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
authors: Sung Min
authors: SM
authors: Cho
keywords: Clinical clerkship; Medical students; Quality of life; Resilience; Stress