The educational and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students: A descriptive survey at the American University of Beirut.
The educational and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students: A descriptive survey at the American University of Beirut.
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DOI：
10.1097/md.0000000000026646
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发表时间：
2021-07-16
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Tfayli A
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作者：
Bachir B;Naji A;Tfayli A
SARS-CoV-2病毒自2019年出现以来一直是一场公共卫生危机。它几乎影响到了生活的方方面面。教育受到的打击尤其严重，人们投入了大量精力通过在线课程、会议和大会来实施越来越多的虚拟平台。医学教育也受到了影响，特别是因为需要实践教育，特别是在过去两年的临床环境中。这对目前在全球医学院就读的医学生产生了巨大的心理影响。在这项描述性研究中，我们通过电子邮件向贝鲁特美国大学医学院 (AUBFM) 的所有医学生发送了一份在线匿名调查。该调查从一般性问题（年龄、性别和医学院学年）开始，然后是 3 个部分，其中包含与医学生对临床轮转和在线课程的态度有关的问题。然后使用 SPSSv24 分析数据并以百分比形式报告。学生在医学院各班级（医学院 1、2、3 和 4）的比例几乎均等。大多数临床学生（医学 3 和医学 4）报告说，他们在医院轮转期间感到紧张。此外，他们报告说，自大流行出现以来，他们增加了消毒剂和个人防护设备的使用。此外，大多数医学生表示，转向在线课程后他们感到压力更大。医学生还表示，他们愿意回到校园上课。本研究旨在描述 AUBFM 医学生对 COVID-19 大流行的压力反应。关于 COVID-19 大流行对中东医学生心理影响的文献中的数据有限。医学生表示，他们在临床轮转期间以及转向在线教育后感到更加压力和紧张，影响了他们的学术和社交生活。需要使用更大的样本量进行进一步的研究。
The SARS- CoV-2 virus has been a public health crisis since its emergence in 2019. It has affected nearly all aspects of life. Education has been particularly hit, and a lot of effort has been put to implement more and more virtual platforms through online classes, meetings and conferences. Medical education has also been affected, especially because of the need for hands-on education, specifically in the clinical setting of the last 2 years. This had a huge psychological impact on the medical students currently enrolled in medical schools around the globe. In this descriptive study, we sent all medical students at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (AUBFM) an online anonymous survey by email. The survey started with general questions (age, gender and medical school year), followed by 3 sections that contain questions pertaining to the attitudes of medical students towards clinical rotations and online classes. Data was then analyzed using SPSSv24 and was then reported as percentages. Students were almost equally divided among the medical school classes (Med 1, 2, 3, and 4). The majority of clinical students (Med 3 and Med 4) reported that they feel nervous during their rotations in the hospital. Moreover, they reported that they have increased their use of disinfectants and personal protective equipment since the emergence of the pandemic. Moreover, the majority of medical students reported that they feel more stressed after shifting to online classes. Medical students also reported that they would be willing to go back to on-campus classes. This study aimed at describing the response of medical students at AUBFM to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of stress. Limited data exists in the literature concerning the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in the middle East. Medical students reported that they feel more stressed and nervous during their clinical rotations and after the shift to online education, affecting their academic and social life. Further studies using a larger sample size are needed.