A phenomenological exploration of the impact of COVID-19 on the medical education community.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress to the medical education community, potentially worsening problems like burnout and work-life imbalance that its members have long been grappling with. However, the collective struggle sparked by the pandemic could generate the critical reflection necessary for transforming professional values and practices for the better. In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, we explore how the community is adapting-and even reconceptualising-their personal and professional roles amidst the COVID-19 crisis.

Method

Between April and October 2020, we conducted 27 (17F, 10M) semi-structured interviews with medical trainees (8), physicians (8), graduate students (3) and PhD scientists (8) working in medical education in Ca

SUBMITTER: Luong V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115140 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature