Exploring the psychological impact of working during COVID-19 on medical and nursing students: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the psychological impact of working during the COVID-19 pandemic on medical and nursing students' psychological well-being. To inform recommendations for the provision of future student well-being support.

Design

An interpretative qualitative, semistructured interview study employing maximum variation sampling, snowball sampling and a thematic analysis.

Setting

A large West Midlands (UK) university with medical and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Study undertaken between January and May 2020.

Participants

A purposive sample of eight medical (six women and two men) and seven nursing (all women) students who worked >2 weeks in a healthcare setting during the COVID-19 pandemic (from 1 March 2020 onwards).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Griffin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature