Medical Professionalism and Its Association with Dropout Intention in Peruvian Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorHancco-Monrroy, Dante E.
dc.contributor.authorCaballero-Apaza, Luz M
dc.contributor.authorAbarca-Fernández, Denices
dc.contributor.authorCastagnetto, Jesus M.
dc.contributor.authorCondori-Cardoza, Fany A
dc.contributor.authorDe-Lama Moran, Raul
dc.contributor.authorCarhuancho-Aguilar, Jose R.
dc.contributor.authorGutierrez, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorGonzales, Martha
dc.contributor.authorBerduzco, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorDelgado Bolton, Roberto C.
dc.contributor.authorSan-Martín, Montserrat
dc.contributor.authorVivanco, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-10T21:29:10Z
dc.date.available2026-03-10T21:29:10Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-25
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unprecedented challenges to medical education systems and medical students worldwide, making it necessary to adapt teaching to a remote methodology during the academic year 2020–2021. The aim of this study was to characterize the association between medical professionalism and dropout intention during the pandemic in Peruvian medical schools. Methods: A cross-sectional online-survey-based study was performed in four Peruvian medical schools (two public) during the academic year 2020–2021. Medical students, attending classes from home, answered three scales measuring clinical empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning abilities (three elements of medical professionalism) and four scales measuring loneliness, anxiety, depression, and subjective wellbeing. In addition, 15 demographic, epidemiological, and academic variables (including dropout intention) were collected. Variables were assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The study sample was composed of 1107 students (390 male). Eight variables were included in an explanatory model (Nagelkerke-R2 = 0.35). Anxiety, depression, intention to work in the private sector, and teamwork abilities showed positive associations with dropout intention while learning abilities, subjective wellbeing, studying in a public medical school, and acquiring a better perception of medicine during the pandemic showed a negative association with dropout intention. No association was observed for empathy. Conclusions: Each element measured showed a different role, providing new clues on the influence that medical professionalism had on dropout intention during the pandemic. This information can be useful for medical educators to have a better understanding of the influence that professionalism plays in dropout intention.
dc.description.sponsorshipConsejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, PE501080607-2022-PROCIENCIA, FONDECYT-CONCYTEC-06-2021-UNSAAC
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080641
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12840/9885
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBehavioral Sciences
dc.publisher.countryPE
dc.relation.ispartofurn:issn:2076-328X
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectDropout intention
dc.subjectMedical students
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectMedical professionalism
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectPeru
dc.subject.ocdehttp://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.00.00
dc.titleMedical Professionalism and Its Association with Dropout Intention in Peruvian Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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