Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background and Objectives.Medical education is globalizing and the growing number of international medical students has led to increasingly multicultural academic environments.While international medical students add diversity to the classroom, their integration into a new academic, cultural and social country that may vary significantly from theirs may strongly depend on their country of origin.Culture, language, education interactional history and social capacity may affect adaptation.Objectives The objective of this study was to explore crosscountry variation in socio-psychological adaptation.Materials and Methods.Comparative cross-sectional study at Samarkand State Medical University between September 2023 and May 2025.This was a questionnaire study with 320 international medical students from different countries including Azerbaijan, Turkey, India, and Pakistan.Sociopsychological adaptation was measured by the Socio-Psychological Adaptation Index (SPAI).Differences between groups by country were assessed using descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results.A significant main effect of country of origin on adaptation was found (F(3,317) = 8.42, p < 0.001, η² =.074).However, the highest adaptation scores were observed among students from Azerbaijan (17.1 ± 4.8), Turkey (16.4 ± 5.2), India (15.8 ± 5.6) and Pakistan (14.2 ± 6.1).Results show significant within-country variation in adaptation outcomes.Conclusion.Country of origin is associated with differences in socio-psychological adaptation among international medical students.Cultural background, language factors, educational
Source: CyberLeninK (CyberLeninka)
Authors: Mukhammad Kalim, Jasur Rizaev, Ulugbek Ochilov
Institution: Samarkand State Medical Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225682152