Perception and attitudes of medical students on clinical clerkship in the era of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been placing severe strain on global healthcare systems and medical education programs, leading to growing demands for medical students to assume the role of preliminary healthcare providers.

Objectives

To assess the perception and attitudes of medical students about clinical clerkship training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

A cross-sectional survey with web-based 3-fields/14-items questionnaire was conducted, from April 7 to 14, 2020, to evaluate their self-assessed perception and attitudes on clerkship training of hospital practice under the COVID-19 outbreak and spread among 161 (78 on pre-clerkship course, 83 on clinical clerkship course) medical students at Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheona

SUBMITTER: Kim SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482770 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature