STUDIES OF FIRST-YEAR MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADAPTATION PROCESS CRITERIA

To quantify internal adaptation process criteria, the anxiety level measurements were performed by the author. To esteem the external adaptation process criteria, results of first-year students' rating control were analyzed. It was found, that adaptation process affects more than a third of first-year medical university students, giving strong influence on both internal and external levels. Highly motivated students experience great difficul- ties in university adaptation process, and good academic results become harder to achieve for first-year medical students because of strong emotional stresses. In contrast, low motivated students do not suffer from university adaptation process. Their anxiety level remains normal regardless to their academic results