Premed pressure: examining whether premed students experience more academic stress compared to non-premeds

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Jynx Pigart, Tasneem Mohammed, and Katelyn Cooper discuss their study, “Premed pressure: examining whether premed students experience more academic stress compared to non-premeds.” Their research investigates the common perception that premedical students experience higher levels of academic stress than their non-premed peers. The findings revealed no statistically significant differences in reported academic stress between the two groups. However, the study did show that students with lower GPAs were significantly more likely to leave the premed track than those with higher GPAs.

 

Premed pressure: examining whether premed students experience more academic stress compared to non-premeds

Jynx Pigart, Tasneem F. Mohammed, Theresa Acuña, Shurelia Baltazar, Connor Bean, Michayla Hart, Katelyn Huizenga, Amaris James, Hayleigh Shaw, Kimberly Zsuffa, Carly A. Busch, and Katelyn M. Cooper

Advances in Physiology Education 2025 49:2, 280-290