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| Score (Median) |
Social support | Sometimes, I feel lonely, and I feel that nobody likes me in school | 0.00 |
| I do not have a pleasant group to eat, study, and hang out with from my school | 0.00 |
| I do not receive good support from colleagues, as many of them are selfish | 0.00 |
| I am dissatisfied with the group with whom I work in school/hospital | 0.00 |
| I am in love with a classmate/colleague, but I cannot express my feelings to him/her | 0.00 |
| Subcategory score | 0.4 |
Motivation | I have poor management of time (I study for only short periods even when I have enough time | 1.00 |
| Somehow, I am lazy and cannot work hard | 1.00 |
| I cannot maintain my motivation to study | 1.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.33 |
Curriculum and teaching | I wish for more flexibility in the curriculum, but our program does not allow it | 1.00 |
| There is not enough sport lessons and recreation in our annual curriculum | 1.00 |
| There are not enough meetings with staff to discuss openly our academic problems | 2.00 |
| Some lecturers do not present the subjects clearly, and their lectures are boring | 2.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.50 |
Academic ambition | I would like to be a top student academically, but I cannot | 1.00 |
| I tend to be impatient; I am more worried about my future career than the present | 1.00 |
| I fear my family’s reaction when they know my grades | 0.00 |
| I am very competitive with my peers (colleagues) to get better grades | 0.5 |
| I believe that medical students are overloaded compared with students from other programs | 2.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.20 |
Self-confidence | I care too much about others’ thoughts/impressions about me | 1.00 |
| I cannot forget my social mistakes with my friends/lecturers easily | 1.00 |
| I am afraid of making mistakes in school/at the hospital | 2.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.33 |
Performance anxiety | I have frequent and sudden exams | 1.00 |
| I do not have enough time during exams to answer all the questions | 1.00 |
| Usually, I prepare the wrong material for my assignments and exams | 1.00 |
| I get poor grades and cannot attain my goals even if I work hard | 1.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.00 |
Career-related | I feel that my school programs do not prepare me well for the future as a physician | 1.00 |
| Usually, I have poor communication with the staff in school/hospital | 1.00 |
| I lack the proper clinical knowledge to be a healthcare professional | 1.00 |
| Subcategory score | 1.00 |
| Overall SALS score | 1.23 |