Perception and anxiet of medical students in their clinical rotation in Obstetrics during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Carlos Santiago Piñel Pérez Hospital Quirónsalud San José / Universidad Europea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6647-8718
  • María José Gómez-Roso Jareño Hospital Quirónsalud San José / Universidad Europea, Madrid
  • Juan José López Galián Hospital Quirónsalud San José / Universidad Europea, Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/edumed.460561
Keywords: clinical rotations, anxiety, COVID-19, pandemic, obstetrics

Abstract

Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic led to clinical rotations disruption in Spain anth the resto of the world. In several colleges, students have returned to the clinical environment in the first semester of 2020/2021 academic year. We aim to evaluate the students´ perception and anxiety caused by the risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2 in their clinical rotation at the Obstetrics and Gynecology department of our Hospital. Methods. A survey was designed based on the 6-item version of de State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to assesss the students´ anxiety level at each place of rotation: delivery room, emergencies, consultations and hospitalization. Results: Participation rate was 100%. 73.69% felt quite or very safe during the rotation and 89.48% thought their learning was not reduced by the pandemic situation. The average level of anxiety shown was very low. Conclusions. Clinical rotations in a pandemic environment, with the appropriate security measures and a 1:1 student-physician ratio are possible, safe and necessary for the correct training of the medical student.

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Published
25-01-2021
How to Cite
Piñel Pérez, C. S., Gómez-Roso Jareño, M. J., & López Galián, J. J. (2021). Perception and anxiet of medical students in their clinical rotation in Obstetrics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish Journal of Medical Education, 2(1), 13–21. https://doi.org/10.6018/edumed.460561

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