Previously submitted to: JMIR Medical Education (no longer under consideration since Dec 13, 2022)
Date Submitted: May 7, 2022
READINESS OF HEALTHCARE STUDENTS TO PROVIDE FRONTLINE COVID-19 SUPPORT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IN VIETNAM
Background:
Background: The voluntary involvement of healthcare students worldwide in the COVID-19 pandemic has been well acknowledged.
Objective:
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore how ready Vietnamese healthcare students were to be on the frontline.
Methods:
Method: Qualitative research was undertaken by open-ended interviews with 20 undergraduate healthcare students.
Results:
Results: 20 healthcare students, including 5 nursing students, 4 medical students, 2 public health students, and 9 preventive medicine students, participated in the study. The key findings showed that willing attitudes, self-confidence, and perceived support were factors that engaged the students in this voluntary work.
Conclusions:
Conclusion: Healthcare students in Vietnam showed readiness to provide COVID-19 frontline support with willing attitudes, self-confidence, and perceived emotional support. Continuing medical training courses and voluntary work in healthcare students are recommended.
Clinicaltrial:
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