COVID-19对加拿大医学学生态度的影响 眼科住院申请对眼科的态度
Cody Lo1, Amandeep Rai2,3, Jonathan A Micieli2,3
1Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017)
|June 30, 2023
概括
对眼科住院有兴趣的医学学生由于COVID-19在选修课程中的变化以及加拿大居留匹配服务 (CaRMS) 的匹配而减少了申请可能性. 为了减轻这些影响,人们更喜欢虚拟交互.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 眼科住院培训 眼科住院培训
- COVID-19 流行病影响影响影响
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,医疗教育发生了重大变化,包括居住申请流程.
- 修改选修课程和加拿大居留匹配服务 (CaRMS) 给追求眼科的医学学生带来了不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19与选修课程和CaRMS相关的变化如何影响加拿大医学学生对眼科住院申请的态度.
- 为了确定学生的担忧和首选的缓解策略,关于居住匹配过程.
主要方法:
- 对32名对眼科感兴趣的加拿大医学学生进行了横截面调查.
- 该调查工具是与学生,眼科医生和项目主管协商开发的.
- 分发通过电子邮件通过加拿大医学院的眼科兴趣团体进行.
主要成果:
- 学生报告说,由于有限的选择性旅行,他们申请眼科的可能性下降.
- 人们担心由于缺乏旅行和面对面的面试,匹配的机会减少.
- 与节目主管和居民进行一对一的视频通话被认为是最有效的补偿措施.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19的干扰,加拿大医学学生对眼科的公平评估和成功匹配表示严重担忧.
- 无法前往选修和面试,阻碍了明智的课程选择.
- 尽管面临挑战,但申请人对眼科住院的持续兴趣仍然存在.
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