Your browser doesn't support javascript.
Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on study satisfaction and burnout in medical students in Split, Croatia: a cross-sectional presurvey and postsurvey.
Zuljevic, Marija Franka; Jelicic, Karlo; Vidak, Marin; Dogas, Varja; Buljan, Ivan.
  • Zuljevic MF; Department of Medical Humanities, University of Split Faculty of Medicine, Split, Croatia marija.franka.zuljevic@mefst.hr.
  • Jelicic K; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr Fran Mihaljevic, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Vidak M; Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split Faculty of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
  • Dogas V; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Split Faculty of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
  • Buljan I; Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split Faculty of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
BMJ Open ; 11(6): e049590, 2021 06 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1288395
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 on the burnout and study satisfaction of medical students.

DESIGN:

A cross-sectional study with a presurvey and postsurvey.

SETTING:

University of Split School of Medicine (USSM), Split, Croatia. The lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic lasted from late March to mid-May 2020. There was a full switch to e-learning at the USSM during this period, and all clinical teaching was stopped.

PARTICIPANTS:

Students enrolled in the 2019/2020 academic year. Data were collected before lockdown in December 2019 and January 2020 and again after the end of lockdown in June 2020. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME

MEASURES:

Study satisfaction was assessed using the study satisfaction survey. Burnout was assessed using two instruments Oldenburg Burnout Inventory and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. We used Bayesian statistics to compare before-and-after differences.

RESULTS:

437 independent responses (77.2% response rate) were collected before and 235 after lockdown (41.5% response rate). 160 participant responses were eligible for pairing. There was no significant difference for both paired and unpaired participants in study satisfaction before (3.38 on a 1-5 scale; 95% credible interval (95% CrI) 3.32 to 3.44) and after (3.49, 95% CrI 3.41 to 3.57) lockdown. We found no evidence (Bayes factor (BF10) >3.00 as a cut-off value) for an increase in the level of burnout before and after lockdown, both in independent and paired samples.

CONCLUSIONS:

It seems that the first pandemic-related lockdown and a switch to e-learning did not affect burnout levels among medical students or their perception of their study programme. More insight is needed on the short-term and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students and their education. Well-structured longitudinal studies on medical student burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic are needed.
Subject(s)
Keywords

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students, Medical / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: BMJ Open Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjopen-2021-049590

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students, Medical / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: BMJ Open Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Bmjopen-2021-049590