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Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

06.09.2024

The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Marginalized Identities in US Medical Students’ Burnout, Career Regret, and Medical School Experiences

verfasst von: Yuchen Liu, Patricia A. Frazier

Erschienen in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

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Abstract

Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students. We examined medical students’ burnout, career regret, and medical school experiences from before to during the pandemic, and differences between students from marginalized and nonmarginalized groups. We analyzed data from 2019 to 2022 Association of American Medical Colleges Year Two Questionnaires (N = 52,152) and Graduation Questionnaires (N = 66,795). Given large samples, we focused on effect sizes versus statistical significance. All effects of study year were less than small (η² < .01) indicating minimal differences in medical students’ burnout, career regret, and school experiences from before (2019) to during (2020–2022) the pandemic. Interactions between study year and demographic characteristics (gender, race-ethnicity, sexual orientation) were less than small; thus, students from marginalized groups were not affected more by the pandemic than others. Across study years, women reported more exhaustion and discrimination than men. Black students reported more discrimination than students from other racial-ethnic groups; bisexual students reported more discrimination than heterosexual students (all ds > 0.20). Differences between students from marginalized and nonmarginalized groups were bigger than the effects of the pandemic, suggesting a need for system-level interventions to foster inclusion in medical education.

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Titel: The Role of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Marginalized Identities in US Medical Students’ Burnout, Career Regret, and Medical School Experiences
verfasst von: Yuchen Liu
Patricia A. Frazier
Publikationsdatum: 06.09.2024
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-024-10045-1

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