Table 3 Undergraduate medical student experiences during the pandemic by resident nation economy and stage of training
Resident of low or middle income country | Stage of undergraduate training | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | p-value* | Clinical (%) | Pre-Clinical (%) | p-value* | |
Total | 1356 (100%) | 248 (100%) | .. | 796 (100%) | 808 (100%) | .. |
Placement duration | ||||||
Reported shortened duration | 630 (46.5%) | 152 (61.3%) | < 0.001 | 432 (54.3%) | 350 (43.3%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report a shortened duration | 726 (53.5%) | 96 (38.7%) | 364 (45.7%) | 458 (56.7%) | ||
Examinations | ||||||
Reported postponement | 1016 (74.9%) | 132 (53.2%) | < 0.001 | 567 (71.2%) | 581 (71.9%) | 0.765 |
Did not report postponement | 340 (25.1%) | 116 (46.8%) | 229 (28.8%) | 227 (28.1%) | ||
Preparation for the next stage in training | ||||||
Reported preparation was affected | 1054 (77.7%) | 220 (88.7%) | < 0.001 | 663 (83.3%) | 611 (75.6%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report being affected | 302 (22.3%) | 28 (11.3%) | 133 (16.7%) | 197 (24.4%) | ||
Learning opportunities | ||||||
Reported a reduction | 1126 (83%) | 211 (85.1%) | 0.427 | 672 (84.4%) | 665 (82.3%) | 0.254 |
Did not report a reduction | 230 (17%) | 37 (14.9%) | 124 (15.6%) | 143 (17.7%) | ||
Confidence in clinical skills | ||||||
Reported confidence was affected | 989 (72.9%) | 210 (84.7%) | < 0.001 | 670 (84.2%) | 529 (65.5%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report being affected | 367 (27.1%) | 38 (15.3%) | 126 (15.8%) | 279 (34.5%) | ||
Choice of future speciality | ||||||
Reported being affected | 813 (60%) | 130 (52.4%) | 0.027 | 508 (63.8%) | 435 (53.8%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report being affected | 543 (40%) | 118 (47.6%) | 288 (36.2%) | 373 (46.2%) | ||
Clerking-in patients without adequate supervision | ||||||
Reported | 103 (7.6%) | 26 (10.5%) | 0.153 | 91 (11.4%) | 38 (4.7%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report | 1253 (92.4%) | 222 (89.5%) | 705 (88.6%) | 770 (95.3%) | ||
Performing clinical procedures without adequate supervision | ||||||
Reported | 133 (9.8%) | 21 (8.5%) | 0.509 | 114 (14.3%) | 40 (5%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report | 1223 (90.2%) | 227 (91.5%) | 682 (85.7%) | 768 (95%) | ||
Assessing or managing acutely unwell patients independently without adequate supervision | ||||||
Reported | 154 (11.4%) | 21 (8.5%) | 0.180 | 120 (15.1%) | 55 (6.8%) | < 0.001 |
Did not report | 1202 (88.6%) | 227 (91.5%) | 676 (84.9%) | 753 (93.2%) | ||