Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic among Medical Students in a Public University: A Study Protocol
Author(s) -
Tengku Amatullah Madeehah Tengku Mohd,
Amirah Azzeri,
Zaidi Nurin,
Arni Affandi,
Shasha Sheikh,
Izlyn Izani,
Muhammad Amalin,
Syahidatul Sufyan,
Sarah Saharudin,
A Anuar,
Syazana Aisyah Azlan,
Nurin Norhakimi,
Humaira Mahadi,
Munirah Ghazali,
Nurain Amirah Razi,
Nadeeya Mohamad Nor,
Mohamed Fakhri Abu Baharin,
Nizam Baharom,
Dzulkhairi Mohd Rani,
Aza Sherin Mohamad Yusuff,
Zairina A Rahman,
Hafiz Jaafar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ulum islamiyyah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2289-4799
pISSN - 1675-5936
DOI - 10.33102/uij.vol33no3.322
Subject(s) - data collection , pandemic , anxiety , medical education , dass , covid-19 , psychology , population , computer assisted web interviewing , medicine , family medicine , applied psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , disease , statistics , mathematics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , marketing , business
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge impact towards the teaching and learning activities in medical schools. Due to the outbreak, the curricular activities were shifted to a mainly digitised version of learning format. The purpose of this paper is to present the study design and methodology of a population-based survey on the impact of COVID-19 among medical students. The survey aims to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on the COVID-19 pandemic, the online learning readiness and psychological status among medical students in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). A universal sampling method will be used that involve 475 medical students from Year 1 to Year 6 in USIM. The data collection will be conducted through an online survey. The questionnaire consists of three components: the study of KAP on COVID-19, the online learning readiness and psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Both of the KAP and online learning readiness questionnaire will be adopted, adapted and validated from previous research and will be based on a local study. As for the depression, anxiety and stress, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) questionnaire will be used. Duration of data collection is expected to be one month, and findings are expected to be ready by three months from the last data collection date. The exposure variables include sociodemographic factors and years of study, while the outcomes are the KAP scores, online learning readiness level, and DASS scores. Relationships between the outcomes and associated factors will be analysed once data collection is completed.