Goudarzi Houman, Onozawa Masahiro, Takahashi Makoto
Center for Medical Education and International Relations, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University,, Sapporo, Japan, 060-8638, Japan.
Clinical Training Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
MedEdPublish (2016). 2022 Jun 16;12:15. doi: 10.12688/mep.18953.2. eCollection 2022.
: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the current study methods and future plans of medical students compared to those in the pre-pandemic period. Second-grade medical students reported their academic experiences, study methods, and future career plans before (between 2016 and 2019) and during the pandemic (2020) using a questionnaire-based survey at Hokkaido University, Japan (n = 534). From 2016 to 2019, we found an increasing trend for participation in short-term international exchange programs, taking the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), clinical training, and undertaking research abroad among the students. However, these percentages significantly declined (to 35.5%) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 for all the assessed future plans, including short-term exchange programs (-27.9%), taking USMLE (-19.8%), clinical training (-24.5%), and undertaking research abroad (-13.2%) compared to 2019, wherein 67.9% of the students wished to have at least one of these four above-mentioned academic activities. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely and significantly influenced our medical students' plans to go abroad for clinical and research training. Future studies are warranted to assess the long-term influence of this pandemic on the career planning of medical students.
本研究的目的是评估2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对医学生当前学习方法和未来计划的影响，并与大流行前时期进行比较。日本北海道大学的二年级医学生（n = 534）通过问卷调查报告了他们在大流行前（2016年至2019年）和大流行期间（2020年）的学术经历、学习方法和未来职业计划。2016年至2019年期间，我们发现学生参与短期国际交流项目、参加美国医师执照考试（USMLE）、临床培训以及在国外开展研究的比例呈上升趋势。然而，在2020年COVID-19大流行期间，所有评估的未来计划，包括短期交流项目（-27.9%）、参加USMLE（-19.8%）、临床培训（-24.5%）和在国外开展研究（-13.2%），与2019年相比，这些比例均显著下降（至35.5%），2019年有67.9%的学生希望至少参与上述四项学术活动中的一项。COVID-19大流行对我们医学生出国进行临床和研究培训的计划产生了不利且显著的影响。有必要开展进一步研究，以评估此次大流行对医学生职业规划的长期影响。
