Open Access<p>Willingness and Self-Perceived Competence of Final-Year Medical Students to Work as Part of the Healthcare Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic</p>
Author(s) -
Haytham I AlSaif,
Abdullah Z AlDhayan,
Majed M Alosaimi,
Abdulrahman Alanazi,
Mohammad Alamri,
Bader Alshehri,
Saif M Alosaimi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s272316
Subject(s) - medicine , competence (human resources) , workforce , likert scale , health care , pandemic , family medicine , covid-19 , economic shortage , work experience , nursing , medical education , psychology , disease , work (physics) , social psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , mechanical engineering , government (linguistics) , engineering , economics , economic growth
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may increase demand for healthcare professionals (HCPs), either because of a HCP shortage due to illness or because of the need to increase surge capacity. Final-year medical students are one of the resources potentially available to expand the workforce. There is a need to explore the willingness of final-year medical students to meet this demand, examine their perceived competence, and determine how their overall perceived competence correlates with their willingness.