Interns' perspectives on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the medical school to residency transition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions to medical school training and the transition to residency for new post-graduate year 1 resident-physicians (PGY1s). Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand the perspectives of United States PGY1s regarding the impact of the pandemic on these experiences. Our secondary aims were to understand how desire to practice medicine was impacted by the pandemic and whether PGY1s felt that they were able to meaningfully contribute to the COVID-19 response as students.

Method

We conducted a national, cross-sectional study of PGY1s who had recently graduated from medical school in 2020. A survey was distributed to PGY1s from across specialties, in programs distributed throughout the United States. It included questions

SUBMITTER: Winn AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature