Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

An original article on the views of medical students about ragging

Dr Kirti Sharma, Dr Ravi C Sharma

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 Ragging has been a severe menace in the various medical colleges of our country for many years. Ragging of first year students by seniors was considered a tradition. As per the law of our country ragging is a punishable offence. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the attitude and views of undergraduate medical students in a tertiary medical institute in India towards the sensitive issue of ragging. Data was analysed using SPSS version 21. Out of all the participating medical students, 97% were aware that ragging is an offence punishable by law. 80% said that ragging adversely affected studies and promoted tobacco/alcohol/drug taking behaviour. However, significant numbers of students were of the opinion that mild ragging was fun and acceptable and made juniors bold and strong. They considered ragging as an acceptable part of their culture. Although the students were aware of the pitfalls of ragging, they also thought that ragging is enjoyable, improves ‘interaction’ between seniors and juniors and prepares them for the stressful medical life ahead.

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Dr Kirti Sharma, Dr Ravi C Sharma, An original article on the views of medical students about ragging, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6, ISSUE-11, NOVEMBER-2017

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