BMJ Open (May 2022)
Social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK medical and nursing students: protocol for a national medical and nursing student survey
- Oliver Burton,
- Bharti Kewlani,
- Kate E Saunders,
- Seong Hoon Lee,
- Mohammed Talha Bashir,
- Soham Bandyopadhyay,
- Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi,
- William Bolton,
- Abdullah Egiz,
- Kate E A Saunders,
- Joshua Erhabor,
- Mehdi Khan,
- Shantanu Kundu,
- George E Richardson,
- Conor S Gillespie,
- Orla Mantle,
- Abigail Clynch,
- Jay J Park,
- Emily R Bligh,
- Ioannis Georgiou,
- Setthasorn Z Y Ooi,
- Avani Shanbhag,
- Moritz Steinruecke,
- Alvaro Yanez Touzet,
- Hannah Redpath,
- Gideon Adegboyega,
- Prithvi Bahu,
- Emily Bligh,
- Yasmin Cantwell,
- Catinca Ciuculete,
- George Davies,
- Anjali Deepak,
- Rosaline de Koning,
- Ritika Dilip,
- Tomas Ferreira,
- Shankari Gnanakumar,
- Anita Golash,
- Hanya Ghazi,
- Rohan Gupta,
- La-Dantai Henriques,
- David Henshall,
- Tom Hess,
- Dana Hutton,
- Neslihan Isleyen,
- Fareha Khalil,
- Electra Lerou,
- Cora Lowe,
- Mc Stephen Padilla,
- Jacob Porter,
- Sumaiya Rizaam,
- Jashan Selvakumar,
- Ishta Sharma,
- Amy Schranz,
- Anson Wong,
- Robyn Wilcha
Affiliations
- Oliver Burton
- Bharti Kewlani
- Kate E Saunders
- 10 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Seong Hoon Lee
- Academic Critical Care & Neurosurgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
- Mohammed Talha Bashir
- Soham Bandyopadhyay
- Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi
- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- William Bolton
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
- Abdullah Egiz
- School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
- Kate E A Saunders
- University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Joshua Erhabor
- Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Mehdi Khan
- Research Department, Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Shantanu Kundu
- 7 School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- George E Richardson
- 1 Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool School of Medicine, Liverpool, UK
- Conor S Gillespie
- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Orla Mantle
- 3 Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
- Abigail Clynch
- 2 Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Jay J Park
- Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Emily R Bligh
- Surgical Specialties, The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
- Ioannis Georgiou
- 8 School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Setthasorn Z Y Ooi
- Avani Shanbhag
- Moritz Steinruecke
- University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
- Alvaro Yanez Touzet
- Hannah Redpath
- 1University of Exeter Medical School
- Gideon Adegboyega
- Prithvi Bahu
- Emily Bligh
- Yasmin Cantwell
- Catinca Ciuculete
- George Davies
- Anjali Deepak
- Rosaline de Koning
- Ritika Dilip
- Tomas Ferreira
- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Shankari Gnanakumar
- Anita Golash
- Hanya Ghazi
- Rohan Gupta
- La-Dantai Henriques
- David Henshall
- Tom Hess
- Dana Hutton
- Neslihan Isleyen
- Fareha Khalil
- UCL Functional Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
- Electra Lerou
- Cora Lowe
- Mc Stephen Padilla
- Jacob Porter
- Sumaiya Rizaam
- Jashan Selvakumar
- Ishta Sharma
- Amy Schranz
- Anson Wong
- Robyn Wilcha
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057467
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 5
Abstract
Introduction Healthcare students have played a significant role in the National Health Service during the COVID-19 pandemic. We captured data on the well-being of medical students during the acute phase of the pandemic with the Social and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on medical students: a national survey Evaluation (SPICE-19) study. We will evaluate changes in mental health and well-being of medical and nursing students 1 year after SPICE-19, in a cross-sectional study, to understand the impact of the pandemic, and inform well-being policies.Methods and analysis This study will be a national, multi-institution, cross-discipline study. An online 53-item survey of demographics, mental health and well-being will be used to record responses. Students studying for a medical or nursing degree at any UK universities will be eligible to participate. The survey will be advertised through the Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group national network. Participation is anonymous and voluntary, with relevant mental health resources made available to participants.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was granted by the University of Oxford Central University Research Ethics Committee (R75719/RE001) on 21 May 2021. Study findings will be presented at national and international meetings, and submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
