ArticleJournal of community health2021
Variations in Medical Students' Educational Preferences, Attitudes and Volunteerism during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.
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- Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human resources for health · 2023Pooled it
- Health professional student's volunteering activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Factors influencing the public health emergency preparedness among Generation Z nursing interns in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators of telemedicine volunteerism during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.Human resources for health · 2024Article
- Becoming a Doctor During a Pandemic: Impact on Medical Student Social Identity Formation.Medical science educator · 2022Article
- Topic modeling and sentiment analysis of Chinese people's attitudes toward volunteerism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Readiness and Career Aspirations of South Indian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
Public health crises require individuals, often volunteers, to help minimize disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic required such activation of individuals, but little is known about medical students' preferences of such engagement. We investigated potential variations in medical students' educational preferences, attitudes, and volunteerism during the COVID-19 pandemic based on socio-demographics to better prepare for future activation scenarios. A web-based, anonymous survey of U.S. medical students at a single institution was conducted in May 2020. Across four training year, 518 (68% response rate) students completed the survey. During the pandemic, 42.3% (n = 215) wanted to discontinue in-person clinical experiences, 32.3% (n = 164) wanted to continue, and 25.4% (n = 129) were neutral. There was no gender effect for engagement in volunteer activities or preference to engage in clinical activities during the pandemic. However, second-year (n = 59, 11.6%) and third-year students (n = 58, 11.4%) wanted to continue in-person clinical experiences at a greater proportion than expected, while a small proportion of fourth-year students (n = 17, 3.3%) wanted to continue, χ
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