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ArticleMedical education online2020

A UK perspective on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical student career perceptions.

Fayez Elsawy, Rohi Brigid Malik, Mustafah Kazi, Zahra Ladan

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Article in Medical education online, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fayez ElsawyFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.
Rohi Brigid MalikFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.
Mustafah KaziFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.
Zahra LadanFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the normal delivery of medical education globally. Following the cancelation of traditional course components such as elective placements, UK medical students have been able to carry out temporary roles within the NHS. We believe these events may have an effect on medical students' future choice of specialty.

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BetacoronavirusCareer ChoiceCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralStudents, MedicalCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2State MedicineUnited Kingdomcareer DevelopmentCOVID-19medical Studentspecialty Choice

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PMID32815785
PMCPMC7482791

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