Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 has impacted upon the role and safety of healthcare workers, with the potential to have a lasting effect on their wellbeing. Limited research has been conducted during previous pandemics exploring how student healthcare workers are impacted as they study and train for their professional careers.

Objective

The aim of the current study was to examine the specific impact of COVID-19 on the academic, clinical and personal experiences of healthcare students.

Method

Undergraduate students across three year groups within the School of Health Sciences at Ulster University completed online Qualtrics surveys at three timepoints during one academic year (2020/2021). Quantitative survey data was downloaded from Qualtrics into SPSS Version 25 fo

SUBMITTER: McFadden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328508 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature