The promotion effect of innovation and entrepreneurship education on medical students' mental health based on stepwise regression

This paper explores the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship education on the mental health of medical students, and provides a basis for enhancing their mental health status. A total of 1200 medical students from three colleges and universities in Jilin province were selected as the investigation objects and a self-made questionnaire was used to compare the mental health of medical students before and after mass entrepreneurship and innovation education. After mass entrepreneurship and innovation education, the total score of GHQ-20 and the scores in all dimensions were improved, which were statistically significant compared with those before the intervention (P < 0.05). The regression results showed that interpersonal communication, social support and emotional intelligence were the main factors influencing mental health before mass entrepreneurship and innovation education, and interpersonal communication, social support and self-efficacy were the main factors influencing mental health after mass entrepreneurship and innovation education (P<0.05). Innovation and entrepreneurship education can improve the mental health of medical students to some extent.