Examination of Medical Faculty Students' Concerns about Their Profession During the Pandemic
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Methods: This study was conducted in Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine between 10-17 May 2020. The online questionnaire including demographic information, occupational anxiety, health anxiety, health cognition level were sent to 2281 students. The data were obtained using a convenience sampling. The distribution of the data is presented using median (minimum-maximum). Double-series correlation coefficient, chi-square test and polychoric correlation coefficient were used to evaluate the relationship between responses to the questionnaire.
Results: A total of 885 students completed the questionnaire. The mean age was 21.47 (±2.62); 545 (61.9%) of them were female. A number of 809 (91.8%) students stated that they chose medical school willingly while 72 (8.2%) students unwillingly. Those who unwillingly chose medicine had a high desire to change their profession. The distance education was sufficient for 168 (19.2%) students; partially sufficient for 435 students. As the semester increased, their professional anxiety, awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of their professions, trust to the health system, ability of reviewing different professional resources increased. Female students were more concerned about their professional and general health than male students.
Conclusions: Although the pandemic had effects on medical students' profession choice and anxiety levels, in general, these effects was not higher. The professional anxiety, awareness of the profession, trust to the health system, ability of reviewing different professional resources were related to semester year. Distance education systems should be improved. Psychological support can be provided for the students. Moreover the results should be evaluated regarding the time of study and expectations the end of pandemic in a short time that may be the reason more optimistic answers.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Ahmet Kutluhan
0000-0002-9255-8022
Türkiye
Esra Çalık Var
0000-0002-6025-0576
Türkiye
Selcen Yüksel
0000-0002-8994-8660
Türkiye
Tuba Dal
0000-0001-7045-1462
Türkiye
Mehmet Can Şen
*
0000-0002-0258-1342
Türkiye
Reyhan Ersoy
0000-0002-7437-1176
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Aralık 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi
23 Aralık 2020
Kabul Tarihi
21 Haziran 2021
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2021 Cilt: 20 Sayı: 62