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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the professional intention of medical and related students

BMC medical education, 2021-09, Vol.21 (1), p.484-484, Article 484 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021. The Author(s). ;COPYRIGHT 2021 BioMed Central Ltd. ;2021. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;The Author(s) 2021 ;ISSN: 1472-6920 ;EISSN: 1472-6920 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02922-2 ;PMID: 34503514

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  • Title:
    Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the professional intention of medical and related students
  • Author: Gong, Zheng ; Li, Wen ; Bu, Huimin ; He, Mingyu ; Hou, Hongjian ; Ma, Tongtong ; Hu, Xide ; Fu, Lu ; Adu-Amankwaah, Joseph ; Sun, Hong
  • Subjects: Asian students ; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes ; Career choice ; China ; Clinical medicine ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Educational aspects ; Epidemics ; Female ; Forecasts and trends ; Health ; Humans ; Influenza ; Intention ; Major ; Male ; Males ; Medical ; Medical education ; Medical students ; Medical technology ; Medicine ; Nurses ; Nursing ; Pandemics ; Pharmacy ; Professionals ; Public health ; Questionnaires ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Students ; Students, Medical ; Workers ; Workloads ; Workplace
  • Is Part Of: BMC medical education, 2021-09, Vol.21 (1), p.484-484, Article 484
  • Description: The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to increased workload and infection risks among medical staff. This situation may influence current medical and health-related students' decision on the choices of their future careers. Hence, this study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on their future career intentions. This is a cross-sectional observational study that included medical and health-related students from three universities between October 2020 and January 2021. The study questionnaire was divided into two main sections: Section 1, which comprised students' basic information. And section 2 focused mainly on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students' professional intentions. The chi-squared χ test was used to compare the responses before and after the pandemic outbreak among Chinese and non-Chinese students. In overall, 1253 students completed the questionnaires. The responses showed that the number of students who preferred clinical medicine, public health, pharmacy and oral medicine increased significantly after the pandemic outbreak. In contrast, the number of students who chose nursing and medical technology decreased significantly. The change mainly occurred in Chinese students, predominantly females. Half of students (50.35%) were more willing to engage in medical and health work after completing their current program. Also, 36.39% of students felt that knowledge was too limited in the pandemic's face and would like to continue studying after graduation to gain more knowledge. Due to the pandemic, 34.18% of students would like a future workplace near their hometown, and 19.63% preferred to work in urban areas. The COVID-19 outbreak impacted current medical and health-related students' career planning on their future workplaces and employment time choices. Additionally, the pandemic influenced the intention of Chinese students in choosing their future careers. This study provided the basis for the policymaking, specialty setting of colleges and supplied the medical health department's talent reserve information.
  • Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1472-6920
    EISSN: 1472-6920
    DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02922-2
    PMID: 34503514
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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    PubMed Central
    Coronavirus Research Database
    ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
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    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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