Support for mobilising medical students to join the COVID-19 pandemic emergency healthcare workforce: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify what motivates medical students to join a pandemic emergency healthcare workforce.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Aalborg University, Denmark.

Participants

All medical students.

Main outcome measures

Motivational points as perceived by the students to be important. Demographic characteristics and 11 motivational domains scored on a Visual Analog Scale from 0 (low) to 100 (high) responding to the question: 'To what degree are the following statements important for you to join a national emergency preparedness workforce?' The questionnaire was developed by an expert panel in a process of four iterations.

Results

A total of 486 students of 688 (70.6%) completed the survey within 7 days in March 2020. 80% had decided to jo

SUBMITTER: Astorp MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature