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Medical Student Perspectives on Their Role as Emerging Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a large strain on the US medical system, with shortage of medical personnel being a key issue. The role of medical school students during a pandemic is not well established. Understanding the perspectives of medical students with regard to their role is essential in dete...

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Autores principales: Chinsky, Ravi, Morris, Alexander, Suh, Angela, Hum, Avery, Wolin, Danielle, Harper, Brian, Blazey, William, Yao, Sheldon, Krishnamachari, Bhuma
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34518786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01374-z
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author Chinsky, Ravi
Morris, Alexander
Suh, Angela
Hum, Avery
Wolin, Danielle
Harper, Brian
Blazey, William
Yao, Sheldon
Krishnamachari, Bhuma
author_facet Chinsky, Ravi
Morris, Alexander
Suh, Angela
Hum, Avery
Wolin, Danielle
Harper, Brian
Blazey, William
Yao, Sheldon
Krishnamachari, Bhuma
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description The COVID-19 pandemic caused a large strain on the US medical system, with shortage of medical personnel being a key issue. The role of medical school students during a pandemic is not well established. Understanding the perspectives of medical students with regard to their role is essential in determining how to facilitate the use of their skills in combating the pandemic. To evaluate medical student perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic, an anonymous online survey was distributed to medical students, primarily in the Northeastern United States. In the sample of 232 students, there were significant differences between students in different class years when assessing moral obligations to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic (p = 0.002). A higher percentage of first and second year medical students (pre-clinical training, around 48%) felt that healthcare students are morally obligated to assist as compared to third and fourth year students (clinical training, 30.43% of third years and 23.19% of fourth years). In all class years, the majority said they would regret their decision if they had chosen not to study medicine (62.32% to 79.31%) and most students did not feel their motivation to become a physician had been decreased (84.78% to 87.50%). Though the study was limited because the majority of subjects were from New York, the results provide insight into medical students’ attitudes about the COVID-19 pandemic and can be used in the planning of how best to utilize medical students in this and in future situations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01374-z.
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spelling pubmed-84258532021-09-09 Medical Student Perspectives on Their Role as Emerging Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic Chinsky, Ravi Morris, Alexander Suh, Angela Hum, Avery Wolin, Danielle Harper, Brian Blazey, William Yao, Sheldon Krishnamachari, Bhuma Med Sci Educ Original Research The COVID-19 pandemic caused a large strain on the US medical system, with shortage of medical personnel being a key issue. The role of medical school students during a pandemic is not well established. Understanding the perspectives of medical students with regard to their role is essential in determining how to facilitate the use of their skills in combating the pandemic. To evaluate medical student perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic, an anonymous online survey was distributed to medical students, primarily in the Northeastern United States. In the sample of 232 students, there were significant differences between students in different class years when assessing moral obligations to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic (p = 0.002). A higher percentage of first and second year medical students (pre-clinical training, around 48%) felt that healthcare students are morally obligated to assist as compared to third and fourth year students (clinical training, 30.43% of third years and 23.19% of fourth years). In all class years, the majority said they would regret their decision if they had chosen not to study medicine (62.32% to 79.31%) and most students did not feel their motivation to become a physician had been decreased (84.78% to 87.50%). Though the study was limited because the majority of subjects were from New York, the results provide insight into medical students’ attitudes about the COVID-19 pandemic and can be used in the planning of how best to utilize medical students in this and in future situations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01374-z. Springer US 2021-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8425853/ /pubmed/34518786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01374-z Text en © International Association of Medical Science Educators 2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8425853/
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