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ArticleTranslational pediatrics2020

Positive impact of COVID-19 on career choice in pediatric medical students: a longitudinal study.

Liyuan Hu, Hao Wu, Wenhao Zhou, Jianqing Shen, Wenwei Qiu, Ruo Zhang, Jingyan Wu, Yiming Chai

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Article in Translational pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liyuan HuDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Hao WuDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wenhao ZhouDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jianqing ShenDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wenwei QiuDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ruo ZhangDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jingyan WuDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yiming ChaiDepartment of Education and Training, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Children's Hospital of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOn March 11

methodsA prospective, longitudinal study was conducted among all 120 pediatric medical students from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University on November 23

resultsA total of 106 (41 male and 65 female) students with a mean age of 21 years consented to participate in this study. The response rate was 100% in November 2019 and 98.1% in February 2020. Since the outbreak, career choices to practice medicine or pediatrics did not drop significantly, decreasing by only 4.3% and 2.2%, respectively. There was a positive impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on strengthening 66.7% of students' beliefs and choices to become good pediatricians (P<0.001). Only 14 students (13.5%) thought that COVID-19 had a negative impact on their career choices, but the majority of them were in the 3

conclusionsThe outbreak of COVID-19 might have an overall positive impact on career choice by strengthening students' belief and choice to become good doctors and may decrease the choice regret and drop rates of the next generation of doctors. Special attention should be paid to students with insufficient clinical experience. Good protection for students, sharing outstanding stories regarding fighting the pandemic, and innovations of needs-based curriculum could be helpful during this pandemic. Future studies are warranted to confirm these findings.

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