Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of medical students

Saeed, Nadia; Javed, Nismat

doi:10.12669/pjms.37.5.4177

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“…A recent study about the COVID impact from the same institute revealed that almost 60% of students agreed that they had more time to study. 15 A similar trend has been observed in the literature reporting students’ performance in higher studies. 16 …”

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Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Aaraj

Farooqui

Saeed³

et al. 2021

Pak J Med Sci

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Background & Objectives: The novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) pandemic has revolutionized medical education worldwide. Most medical schools have adopted the online teaching and assessments. Students attending modified clerkships and assessments under the stress of the pandemic, perform and score differently when compared to normal clerkships. We aimed to identify the impact of COVID-19 on final year MBBS students’ EOC (End of Clerkship) examination by comparing them with their scores prior to the COVID and with scores of the previous final year. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Shifa College of Medicine. Final year MBBS students’ scores of years 2019 and 2020 were included. Students’ EOC MCQ and OSCE scores were compared in pre-COVID and COVID affected rotations of the same year and with the previous year (2019). Data were analyzed in SPSS version 21, means scores were calculated, and one-way ANOVA was applied. Pearson correlation was calculated for correlation assessment of MCQ and OSCE scores. Results: There were 118 students. The mean EOC, OSCE, and MCQ scores in rotations one to four were 72.8±6.4, 73.3±8.1, 71.6±7.4, 72.7±6.7 and 44.4±8, 47.2±8.4, 46.1±8.2, 48.8±8.1, respectively. One-way ANOVA results before and after COVID lockdown were statistically insignificant (p=0.3) for OSCE and significant for MCQ in the final year class of 2020 (p=0.001). The Pearson correlation assessment between MCQ and OSCE scores (n=416) had a significant positive correlation (r=0.42, p=0.000). The overall comparison between scores of the final year class of 2019 and 2020 showed significant improvement in Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynae scores in 2020. Conclusion: During the COVID pandemic, the final year students’ performance in EOC MCQ and OSCE over all remained unaffected. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4645 How to cite this:Aaraj S, Farooqi F, Saeed N, Khan S. Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance. Pak J Med Sci. 2022;38(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4645 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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confidence: 82%

Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Aaraj

Farooqui

Saeed³

et al. 2021

Pak J Med Sci

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“…Table 1 shows the overall characteristics of the 41 included studies ( Elhadi et al, 2020 ; Jindal et al, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2020 ; Medeiros et al, 2020 ; Muhammad Alfareed Zafar et al, 2020 ; Nadeem et al, 2020 ; Nakhostin-Ansari et al, 2020 ; Nihmath Nisha et al, 2020 ; Sartorao Filho Carlos et al, 2020 ; Sun et al, 2020 ; Adhikari et al, 2021 ; Banstola et al, 2021 ; Basheti et al, 2021 ; Bilgi et al, 2021 ; Gao et al, 2021 ; Guo et al, 2021 ; Gupta et al, 2021 ; Halperin et al, 2021 ; Kalkan Uğurlu et al, 2021 ; Kaplan Serin and Doğan, 2021 ; Keskin, 2021 ; Kuman Tunçel et al, 2021 ; Li et al, 2021 ; Mekhemar et al, 2021 ; Meng et al, 2021 ; Nishimura et al, 2021 ; Patelarou et al, 2021 ; Pavan et al, 2021 ; Pelaccia et al, 2021 ; Perissotto et al, 2021 ; Saeed and Javed, 2021 ; Safa et al, 2021 ; Song et al, 2021 ; Xiao et al, 2021 ; Xie et al, 2021 ; Yadav et al, 2021 ; Yang et al, 2021 ; Yin et al, 2021 ; Zhang et al, 2021a ; Zheng et al, 2021 ; Zhu et al, 2021 ). On the whole, 40 cross-sectional studies and 1 longitudinal study were included in our study.…”

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Mental Health Among Medical Students During COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jia

Sun

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundThe mental health of medical students is an issue worthy of attention, especially during COVID-19. Many studies have shown that depression and anxiety are the main problems faced by medical students. To assess the pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety among medical students worldwide, we conducted this meta-analysis.MethodsAccording to PRISMA, we used a computerized strategy to search studies in EMBASE, PubMed, PsycArticles, Web of Science, and China Biology Medicine disc. The pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety was calculated by a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was explored by subgroup analysis. Sensitivity analysis and publication bias were also carried out in this meta-analysis.ResultsOf 1316 studies, 41 studies were selected based on 36608 medical students. The pooled depression prevalence was 37.9% (95% CI: 30.7–45.4%), and pooled anxiety prevalence was 33.7% (95% CI: 26.8–41.1%). The prevalence of depression and anxiety among medical students varied by gender, country, and continent.ConclusionThe data reported that the prevalence of depression and anxiety among medical students during COVID-19 was relatively higher than those of the general population and the healthcare workers. The impact of COVID-19 on medical students and how to protect the mental health of medical students are needed to determine through further research.Systematic Review Registration[https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021274015], identifier [CRD42021274015].

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“…Studenti medicine pokazuju visoke skorove anksioznosti koji su čak i viši od skorova među opštom populacijom (36) jer se kod njih može javiti stigma u slučajevima kada žele da potraže pomoć stručnjaka, pa se zbog toga oslanjaju više na lične resurse. Rezultati istraživanja iz Njujorka (37) (38). Kod studenata iz Kine simptomi anksioznosti su bili izraženiji ako su njihovi uslovi školovanja tokom pandemije bili lošiji (39), što govori o njihovoj važnosti za mentalno zdravlje.…”

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Mental health of student population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mirilović,

Janković

2023

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In 2019, the world public was confronted with the disease Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the first time, when the new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The pandemic of this viral infection has led to the biggest public health crisis at the global level in the last hundred years, while a special challenge has been set for professionals dealing with mental health protection. Students were also particularly affected due to the movement restriction measures caused by the closure of higher education institutions. The disease COVID-19 is a systemic disease with pronounced problems of a respiratory nature, and SARS-CoV-2 is a virus from the family of RNA viruses. The incubation period of the viral infection is between two and fourteen days, and transmission by aerosol, respiratory droplets, and direct contact is very easy and fast. The most common symptom of this disease is fever. The COVID-19 disease pandemic had a negative effect on the mental health of the student population around the world, and female students rated their mental health worse than male students. The main problems with mental health can be classified above all the increased levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Depression is more common in students who care more about their health, in female students, and those with a lower socio-economic status. Also, persons who were, at some point, in contact with infected persons, without knowing about their illness, have more serious depressive reactions compared to those who haven't had such contact. Regarding anxiety reactions, students at the beginning of their studies experience anxiety reactions more often and those reactions are more intense compared to students in the last years of studies. The student population also showed high levels of stress reactions, which occur more often in female students, as well as in those students who come from urban areas. However, mental health problems can be overcome if the student population is provided with some form of social support or peer or expert consultation, depending on how much their mental health is impaired. The aim of this paper is to present the mental health of the student population around the world based on a review of the literature on the COVID-19 disease pandemic and to offer recommendations to reduce and prevent such reactions.

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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of medical students

Cited by 9 publications

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Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Mental Health Among Medical Students During COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mental health of student population during the COVID-19 pandemic

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