Adam Suhaylah, Pook Celina J, Haas-Heger Tabea, Simmonds Sophie, Kirkman Molly
GKT School of Medical Education, King's College London, Newcomen Street, SE1 1UL London, UK.
Med Sci Educ. 2021 Dec 1;32(1):263-264. doi: 10.1007/s40670-021-01483-9. eCollection 2022 Feb.
We present a Letter to the Editor in response to the article by Chinsky et al. titled "Medical Student Perspectives on Their Role as Emerging Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic." The authors highlighted that a greater proportion of preclinical students felt more obligated to volunteer in the context of healthcare staff shortages, compared to clinical students. As final year medical students, we propose additional reasons based on our personal experiences that may contribute to clinical students feeling less inclined to volunteer during the pandemic. Specifically, we believe that the priorities of clinical students may affect their willingness to volunteer given the challenge of balancing private study and clinical placement. Furthermore, we believe that the psychological difficulties that often accompany clinical placement may affect clinical students' views on volunteering. We also briefly outline solutions that may solve these issues. Ultimately, positive attitudes in students need to be sustained throughout the medical degree so that the future generation of doctors is better equipped to face a future crisis and beyond.
我们提交这封致编辑的信，以回应Chinsky等人发表的题为《医学生对其在COVID-19大流行期间作为新兴医生角色的看法》的文章。作者强调，与临床学生相比，更大比例的基础医学学生在医护人员短缺的情况下更有义务去做志愿者。作为即将毕业的医学专业学生，基于我们的个人经历，我们提出了其他可能导致临床学生在大流行期间不太愿意做志愿者的原因。具体而言，我们认为，鉴于平衡自主学习和临床实习的挑战，临床学生的优先事项可能会影响他们做志愿者的意愿。此外，我们认为，临床实习经常伴随的心理困难可能会影响临床学生对志愿服务的看法。我们还简要概述了可能解决这些问题的方案。最终，学生在整个医学学位期间都需要保持积极的态度，以便让未来一代医生更好地应对未来危机及其他挑战。
