UK medical students' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the impact of COVID-19 on medical students with mental health problems.

Design

Qualitative study employing in-depth semistructured interviews with medical students which were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Setting and participants

A purposive sample of 20 students originating from 8 geographically spread UK medical schools were selected, representing various mental health issues and demographic characteristics.

Results

Three themes were identified: (1) medical schools' response to the pandemic-schools increased awareness-raising of mental health support and increased flexibility in regards to academic requirements; (2) disruption to the medical degree-COVID-19 brought change and uncertainty to medical education and missed l

SUBMITTER: Rich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature