Understanding of professionalism among medical students in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic - a qualitative monocentric study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The existing literature indicates that medical students' understanding of professionalism is influenced by internal and external factors. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate whether the early phase of the pandemic affected the understanding of professionalism among medical students at the University of Ulm.

Methods

In May and June 2020, semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 21 students (in the 8^th and 9^th semester) at the Medical Faculty of the University of Ulm. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by a qualitative content analysis according to Mayring.

Results

The results showed shifts in students' perception of the importance of certain aspects of medical professionalism. Not only competency in the disc

SUBMITTER: Prade A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285364 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature