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Medical education in times of COVID-19: German students’ expectations – A cross-sectional study

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  • Teresa Loda
  • Tobias Löffler
  • Rebecca Erschens
  • Stephan Zipfel
  • Anne Herrmann-Werner

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Background: Since the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the education of medical students, medical faculties have faced the challenge of adapting instruction to digital platforms. Although medical students are willing to support pandemic response efforts, how the crisis will affect their medical training remains uncertain. Thus, in this study, we investigated the teaching- and learning-related stressors and expectations of medical students in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed online to undergraduate medical students at medical faculties in Germany. Students answered questions about COVID-19 and teaching (on a 7-point Likert scale from 0 (“not at all”) to 6 (“completely”)) and completed mental well-being measurements, including the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) and the Perceived Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Descriptive data analysis, a t-test and Pearson correlations were performed to process the data. Results: Medical students felt well-informed about COVID-19 in general (M = 5.64, SD = 1.28) and in the medical context (M = 5.14, SD = 1.34) but significantly less informed about the pandemic in the academic context, M = 2.47, SD = 1.49, t(371) = 31.98, p

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  • Teresa Loda & Tobias Löffler & Rebecca Erschens & Stephan Zipfel & Anne Herrmann-Werner, 2020. "Medical education in times of COVID-19: German students’ expectations – A cross-sectional study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0241660
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241660
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