Table 1.
A summary of the most important results from our survey across final and penultimate year medical students
Response rate | 28·6% (420 of 1,464) |
• Questionnaire completed correctly | 71% (300 of 420) |
Clinical activity | |
• Complete cancellation | 23·3% (70 of 300) |
• Partial cancellation | 17·3% (52 of 300) |
• Decreased activity | 42·3% (127 of 300) |
• No change or increased activity | 10·6% (32 of 300) |
• Other | 6·5% (19 of 300) |
Impact on training | |
• Qualitative decline in education | 59% (178 of 300) |
• Fear of being unprepared in the future | 51% (153 of 300) |
• Decreased experience | 63% (188 of 300) |
Self-initiative | |
• Self-study and increasing theoretical knowledge | 56% (169 of 300) |
• Productive time over 4 hours daily | 51% (152 of 300) |
• Feeling of contributing in the crisis | 43% (130 of 300) |
• Will take forward the knowledge gained | 74% (221 of 300) |