Obligation or getaway? A qualitative inquiry into medical professionalism under COVID-19 among medical students and new physicians in a Taiwan hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

During the COVID-19 outbreak, medical educators' main concern has been how to prepare new physicians and medical students to meet their obligations as healthcare providers under novel circumstances. This study aims at exploring how trainees perceive their commitments as physicians under the threat of a pandemic.

Design

A qualitative method was employed. Researchers interviewed medical students under clerkship training (fifth and sixth-year medical students) and new physicians undergoing postgraduate year (PGY) and specialty training.

Setting

A university hospital in Taipei, Taiwan.

Participants

The team conducted three focus groups for participants in three separate training stages: clerks, PGY students (PGYs), and residents. Researchers collected da

SUBMITTER: Chiu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638741 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature