A comparison of the personal, family, psychological and business problems of talented students and regular students in Arak University of Medical Sciences

Introduction:The new students' entry into universities leads to major changes in their lifestyle which can bring about problems for them. Attention to these problems is the research. The present study was conducted to survey these students' problems as one of the priorities of education. Methods and material:This is an analytical study carried out on talented and regular students. The data were collected through a questionnaire including demographic characteristics of students and also review of the quality of life of the students in different aspects such as personal, family, social, their perspective toward job and finally some solutions to the problems as mentioned by the students. The data were then analyzed.Results:In this study, significant differences were observed between mental and personal problems' mean scores of the normal and talented students with the talented students having higher scores (P<0.05) but talented students were less concerned about their future and career than normal students (P<0.05). According to the talented students, the best solution would be using a councilor as well as the advisor teacher (80%), decreasing some troublesome legislations (73%) and holding educational workshops (62%).Discussion:According to the results, due to the mental and family problems, talented students are a vulnerable group and need some consultation systems in the university, using faculty advisors and their families. Therefore, due to their close connections with these students, more attention of the faculty advisers to them and establishing more student counseling centers at the universities seem to be necessary.