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Table 1 Hospital activity of medical students during COVID-19 outbreak

From: Covid-19 crisis impact on the next generation of physicians: a survey of 800 medical students

 

4th–6th year medical students

4th year medical students

5th year medical students

6th year medical students

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Number of medical students

1205

 

389

 

398

 

418

 

Hospital activity as medical student

 In position, on duty

946

79%

339

87%

343

86%

264

63%

 Voluntary reassignment in a COVID-19 unit

384

41%

122

36%

167

49%

95

36%

 Continuation of initial internship a

562

59%

217

64%

176

51%

169

64%

 Reassignment among students released from their initial internship

384

60%

122

71%

167

75%

95

38%

Hospital activity as nurse or nursing aid

 Voluntary reassignment in a COVID-19 unit

238

20%

91

23%

119

30%

28

7%

No hospital activity

 No voluntary reassignment - Choice for lockdown

259

21%

50

13%

55

14%

154

37%

  1. aAn important part of the activity of medical departments (Intensive care, Emergency medicine, Infectious diseases, internal medicine ...) has been reclassified as COVID-19 unit during the outbreak, and medical students of these departments have not been offered for changing their assignment
  2. Source: Official census of medical students’ position during the outbreak by the University of Paris North