Early Exposure of Medical Students to Night Shifts: Impact on Well-being and Anxiety

St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon70 enrolled

Overview

This is an interventional study assessing the impact of 'shadowing night shifts' early during medical school, on the wellbeing and level of anxiety of a students during their first official night shifts.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety

Interventions

Night shift shadowing programOTHER

Our population, made up of 70 students, was divided into two randomly randomized groups: 31 (44.3%) had five night shift shadowing duty prior to their first official night shifts, and 39 (55.7%) did not participate in the shadowing program.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Students of the class of 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Joseph University in their fifth year (Med 2). Exclusion Criteria: * student who has already been on call during internships in Lebanon or abroad, as well as students in other medical years.

Locations (1)

Saint Joseph University

Beirut, N/A (n/a), Lebanon

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Questionnaire

After the shadowing program is completed, both groups of medical students (those who participated in the shadowing program and those who did not), have to fill a questionnaire that assesses their wellbeing and level of anxiety regarding their first official night shifts. Our primary outcome is to evaluate the impact of the shadowing program on medical students well-being and their level of anxiety.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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