Health features of medical students in various types of physical education

Abstract

The study analysis of the health status of medical students was based on the compulsory preventive medical examinations with regard to the type of physical education. Students who are engaged in the programs of the department of sports perfection, the level of chronic diseases is significantly lower than that of the students of the general physical training department ( p <0.001), and lower than the overall level of students’ chronic morbidity in a higher medical school. Students engaged in sports perfection department uncommonly suffer from mental and behavior disorders (p < 0.01). Coaching students of sports perfection department has fundamental differences from that of the general physical training department. To improve the health status of medical students it is advisable to involve them in the groups of sports perfection.