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ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2024

Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Career Aspirations of Prospective Students.

Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, Abdulmuhaimin Aslam Khatib, Taha Alhassan, Mohammed S Razzaque

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Article in Advances in medical education and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Md Anwarul Azim MajumderThe University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.ORCID 0000-0003-3398-8695
Abdulmuhaimin Aslam KhatibLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2018-5895
Taha AlhassanDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Texas (UTRGV), Edinburg, Texas, USA.
Mohammed S RazzaqueLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article describes the evolving landscape of medical education in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the renewed importance of public health, mental well-being, and career choices among medical students. The pandemic has prompted a significant shift in medical student's career aspirations, highlighting the need for mental health support mechanisms within the medical education framework. Medical students' career choices are influenced directly and indirectly by the challenges and experiences of the pandemic era, which are discussed in this article under four key themes: traditional values, global health interests and disparities, developing trends, and digital healthcare. There is an urgent need to adjust medical training to the new reality and share the future directions of the medical education landscape by embracing diverse career paths in medicine, integrating technology into medical training, adapting to the changing context of medicine, and strengthening collaboration and communication. The pandemic underscores the importance of evidence-based patient care, necessitating the preparation of tomorrow's doctors to address the emerging healthcare challenges with resilience, adaptability, and a comprehensive understanding of both local and global health challenges.

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career aspirationsCOVID-19 pandemicimpactmedical studentsmental health

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PMCPMC11296364

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