Embracing uncertainty: COVID‐19 exploration in real time

Abstract

REALLY GOOD STUFF were irritated that they had required activities instead of unstructured free time. Future efforts will educate students about the many ways to build resilience other than escapism. This pilot was part of a multi-pronged approach at tackling burnout. It inspired and galvanised support for an expanded three-year resilience curriculum. This new adaptation is unique to our institutional mission and will guide students from the first year through their transition into clinical training.

Assessment of mental health of university students faced with different lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, a repeated cross-sectional study

“…Whilst the lifting of lockdown, the return of festivities and the end of health restrictions could have given students the illusion of the end of the epidemic, the second lockdown was therefore able to reactivate a deep feeling of uncertainty, already linked to a deterioration in mental health (Rettie & Daniels, 2021 ). Financial uncertainty, uncertainty in their studies (Crawford et al, 2020 ; Franchi, 2020 ), but also uncertainty as to the duration of the pandemic and of the restriction measures, are all factors that can influence a deterioration in students’ mental health and explain the significant increase in depression and anxiety scores during the second lockdown.…”