IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL ROLE OF DOCTOR AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS; [ВЛИЯНИЕ ПАНДЕМИИ НА ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЯ О ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ РОЛИ ВРАЧА У СТУДЕНТОВ МЕДИЦИНСКИХ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТЕЙ]

The COVID19 pandemic has made significant adjustments to the understanding of the state and functioning of modern healthcare system in many countries of the world. The issues of the correlation between rationalization and commercialization of the medical sphere on the one hand and the requirements of selfless help and moral response from doctors on the other hand have become not just a matter of public debate, but a real challenge to the medical community. Students of medical specialties found themselves in a special situation. They got under the pressure of two causal complexes, namely, transformations in the educational process and the heavy burden of social and personal responsibility in the mobilization of the medical sphere. The paper focuses on the analysis of the following issues: reactions to emergency mobilization to combat COVID19; acceptance of new technologies in medical education and clinical practice; transformation of the meanings of the professional role of a doctor among medical students; the moral side of the profession and subjective meanings of medical profession; the impact of the religious factor and demand for volunteer activities of medical students. A sociological study of mixed design was conducted in February—May 2022 and included the representative survey of students of medical faculties of Kazan and Moscow (N= 2084), 12 expert interviews with residents, teachers, and doctors, and 2 focus groups with medical students. The pandemic has demonstrated an unsatisfactory degree of acceptability of remote teaching methods for medical specialties. Medical education has traditionally been associated with training in a clinical setting. Students and teachers had to adapt to the urgent introduction of distance learning and treatment, including the use of digital forms and tools. Medical students found themselves in a difficult situation of changing the traditional meanings of the medical profession. The pandemic redefined the status and meanings of medical profession, giving rise to the ambiguity of the choice between moral tasks and rational benefit; emphasized the disadvantages and benefits of digital education; highlighted the inability of commercialized medicine to cope with the challenges of the pandemic. The experience of participating in the medical volunteer movement has become popular in dealing with covid patients. Preliminary practical experience of providing medical care has been identified as the main parameter of positive response to the call and participation in the work of «red zones». Medical students have a polarized attitude to emergency mobilization to combat COVID19. The complex epidemiological situation has had an impact on the prestige of the medical profession, but at the same time, it has exacerbated its moral burden including the increased demands of patients for emotional involvement of doctors. © 2022 Russian Public Opinion Research Center, VCIOM. All rights reserved.

Authors
McHedlova M.M. , Guzelbaeva G.Ya.
Journal
Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены
Publisher
Открытое акционерное общество Всероссийский центр изучения общественного мнения
Number of issue
6
Language
Russian
Pages
173-194
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Published
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DOI
10.14515/MONITORING.2022.6.2286
Year
2022
Organizations
  • 1 The Department of Comparative Politics, The Center “Religion in Contemporary Society”
  • 2 The Department of Foreign Languages in International Relations, The Institute of International Relations
  • 3 RUDN University, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • 4 Institute of Sociology, The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • 5 Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
Keywords
COVID19 pandemic; distance education; doctor’s oath; higher education; medical education; medical students; medical volunteering; professional roles; religious consciousness; religious identity; social service; volunteering
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