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Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the current study methods and future plans of medical students compared to those in the pre-pandemic period. Methods: Second-grade medical students reported their academic experiences, s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9370090/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36168533 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/mep.18953.2 |
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author | Goudarzi, Houman Onozawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Makoto |
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description | Background: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the current study methods and future plans of medical students compared to those in the pre-pandemic period. Methods: Second-grade medical students reported their academic experiences, study methods, and future career plans before (between 2016 and 2019) and during the pandemic (2020) using a questionnaire-based survey at Hokkaido University, Japan (n = 534). Results: From 2016 to 2019, we found an increasing trend for participation in short-term international exchange programs, taking the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), clinical training, and undertaking research abroad among the students. However, these percentages significantly declined (to 35.5%) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 for all the assessed future plans, including short-term exchange programs (-27.9%), taking USMLE (-19.8%), clinical training (-24.5%), and undertaking research abroad (-13.2%) compared to 2019, wherein 67.9% of the students wished to have at least one of these four above-mentioned academic activities. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic adversely and significantly influenced our medical students’ plans to go abroad for clinical and research training. Future studies are warranted to assess the long-term influence of this pandemic on the career planning of medical students. |
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spelling | pubmed-93700902022-09-26 Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan Goudarzi, Houman Onozawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Makoto MedEdPublish (2016) Research Article Background: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the current study methods and future plans of medical students compared to those in the pre-pandemic period. Methods: Second-grade medical students reported their academic experiences, study methods, and future career plans before (between 2016 and 2019) and during the pandemic (2020) using a questionnaire-based survey at Hokkaido University, Japan (n = 534). Results: From 2016 to 2019, we found an increasing trend for participation in short-term international exchange programs, taking the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), clinical training, and undertaking research abroad among the students. However, these percentages significantly declined (to 35.5%) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 for all the assessed future plans, including short-term exchange programs (-27.9%), taking USMLE (-19.8%), clinical training (-24.5%), and undertaking research abroad (-13.2%) compared to 2019, wherein 67.9% of the students wished to have at least one of these four above-mentioned academic activities. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic adversely and significantly influenced our medical students’ plans to go abroad for clinical and research training. Future studies are warranted to assess the long-term influence of this pandemic on the career planning of medical students. F1000 Research Limited 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9370090/ /pubmed/36168533 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/mep.18953.2 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Goudarzi H et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Goudarzi, Houman Onozawa, Masahiro Takahashi, Makoto Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title | Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in Japan |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on international medical education and the future plans of medical students in japan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9370090/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36168533 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/mep.18953.2 |
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