Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
This is an interventional study assessing the impact of 'shadowing night shifts' early during medical school, on the wellbeing and level of anxiety of a students during their first official night shifts.
Interventions
OTHERNight shift shadowing program
Our population, made up of 70 students, was divided into two randomly randomized groups: 31 (44.3%) had five night shift shadowing duty prior to their first official night shifts, and 39 (55.7%) did not participate in the shadowing program.
Sponsors
St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students of the class of 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Joseph University in their fifth year (Med 2).
Exclusion criteria
* student who has already been on call during internships in Lebanon or abroad, as well as students in other medical years.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire | 6 months | After the shadowing program is completed, both groups of medical students (those who participated in the shadowing program and those who did not), have to fill a questionnaire that assesses their wellbeing and level of anxiety regarding their first official night shifts. Our primary outcome is to evaluate the impact of the shadowing program on medical students well-being and their level of anxiety. |
Countries
Lebanon
Outcome results
None listed