Involvement of Final year Medical Students in Hospital work during COVID-19 pandemic: A students’ perspective

Abstract

Background: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has upended medical education. This pandemic has risen uncertainty over the start of the normal routine of studies in medical universities. Amidst the worldwide shortage of doctors, there is widespread dilemma and disagreement regarding the role of the medical students during this pandemic. Medical education is suspended and the students are barred from being direct medical providers unless there is a critical need for the additional healthcare workforce. Considering these facts we have done a survey amongst medical students of pre-final and final year to know and evaluate their opinion and outlook regarding their involvement in the hospital work at the time of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. Materials and Method: This is a cross-sectional study among the clinic going medical students of Government Doon Medical College Dehradun, India. It is used to know their opinion regarding their voluntary initiative to actively participate and usefulness in the hospital works while going through their classes and hospital postings. We have circulated a questionnaire among 385 medical students to know their mindset and formulate a plan to include them in the future clinical hospital works in case the pandemic situation worsens.Statistical analysis is performed using SPSS version 25. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the association between the two variables. A two-tailed p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of 294 respondents 62.2% had a high motivation to work in the hospital. This was synergized by the worldwide appreciation of doctors according to 88.8% of students. A sense of duty towards the patients was clear by the responses which surpassed the fear of the disease and the belief of being a better doctor (94.2%). Conclusion: The majority of medical students were highly motivated to be a part of the hospital workforce and help to fight this apocalyptic pandemic.

Attitude of dental interns, final year and third-year students towards their involvement in hospital work during COVID-19 pandemic in private dental colleges in Vidarbha, India

“…The students felt that the basic skills to work in the hospital were acquired by only 32.3% the ndings are similar to previous studies carried on medical students 7 . 42.3% of interns feel that they have acquired the required skills to be working in hospitals, only 17.5% of the third-year students feel that they have acquired skills to be working in the hospital.…”

“…This study reveals that 52.9% of dental students are highly motivated to work as health care professionals. Another study reported motivation by medical students to be 62.2% during the COVID-19 pandemic 7 . Other ndings indicate that the morale of the health professional workers was low in the beginning but was gradually built receiving motivational and psychological support from the general public and o cials 8 .…”