TABLE 3.
Overview of the Reported Willingness of Medical Students to Be Involved in the Response to Global Health Emergencies
| Article ID | Method of Measuring Willingness | Number of Participants | Willingness Reported (% of Students Willing/ Points Scored on Willingness Survey) |
Hypothetical or Real Emergency |
Global Health Emergency Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ziftawi (2020)17 | Questionnaire | 187 | 33.7 ± 8.99 points (out of 55) which equated to “moderate willingness to be involved” | Hypothetical | General disaster events |
| Berhane (2010)19 | Questionnaire | 375 | 86% | Real | H1N1 influenza pandemic |
| Gouda (2019)23 | Questionnaire | 274 | Natural disaster: 69% Infectious epidemic: 59.1% |
Hypothetical | Mixed disasters (natural disaster and infectious epidemic) |
| Herman (2007)24 | Questionnaire | 354 | 69.77% | Hypothetical | Influenza pandemic |
| Hwang (2014)25 | Discussion based on novel and book reports | 50 | 36% | Hypothetical | Infectious disease outbreak |
| Kaiser (2009)26 | Questionnaire | 523 | Natural disaster: 92.5% Influenza pandemic: 87.8% |
Hypothetical | Mixed disasters regardless of severity (natural disaster and influenza pandemic) |
| Markenson (2013)32 | Questionnaire | 136 | “The majority of students responding to the survey were willing to respond to disaster events” | Hypothetical | General disaster events |
| Mortelmans (2009)33 | Questionnaire | 243 | 82.30% | Hypothetical | H5N1 pandemic |
| Mortelmans (2013)34 | Questionnaire | 1103 | Very infectious: 77.6% Very dangerous and contagious: 70.4% |
Hypothetical | Mixed (nuclear, chemical, biological, very infectious outbreak (e.g. H5N1), very dangerous contagious outbreak (eg, Ebola) |
| Mortelmans (2015)35 | Questionnaire | 999 | Very Infectious: 75.4% Very dangerous and contagious 43.1% |
Hypothetical | Infectious disease outbreak of varying severity |
| Patel (2017)36 | Questionnaire | 238 | Respiratory transmission: 50% Contact transmission: 61% |
Hypothetical | Infectious disease outbreak of varying transmission (if PPE were available) |
| Tebruegge (2010)41 | Questionnaire | 76 | 97.40% | Hypothetical | H1N1 |