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. 2021 Nov:95:106105.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2021.106105. Epub 2021 Sep 29.

Medical student engagement with surgery and research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Supporting the future workforce for post-pandemic surgical recovery

Shiraz Q Shafi  1 , Samuel Brown, Rachel A Khaw, Johnathan Hirniak, Joshua R Burke, Lola Giwa, Lorna Marson, Arnold Hill, Dileep Lobo, James C Glasbey, Kenneth A McLean, T Patel, G Liu, A Singal, R Nam, A Kathiravelupillai, W L Chia, S Z Y Ooi, M Matthews, Subbiah H Ponniah, J Komor, A Heyes, S Tushingham, D S Hettiarachchi, T K, S Gaier, C Jordan, A Joyce, E Johnston, K Valentine, K Nagassima, Rodrigues Dos Reis, M O'Sullivan, A Tittawella, E Geary, C Thorpe, A H B Jalal, M Georgi, A Mergo, E Ramsay, J Sheikh, A Ashok, K S Lee, R Risquet, S Kathiravelupillai, D Chia, S Al Majid, Aafreen E Matloob Ahmad, A Hounat, S Shafi, J Wang, W A Cambridge, L Kawar, T Maseland, K Sharma, J Moses, M A Patsalides, S Brown, A Jaffer, K Feeney, G Richardson, Josiah P Joseph, L Argus, X Sara, A Antypas, M de Andres Crespo, E Daly, S Abraha; Student Audit and Research in Surgery (STARSurg) Collaborative, Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT), Surgical Research Society (SRS)
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Medical student engagement with surgery and research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Supporting the future workforce for post-pandemic surgical recovery

Shiraz Q Shafi et al. Int J Surg. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Medical student; Pandemic; Surgical training.

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Mean change in agreement with knowledge and intention to pursue surgical and/or academic careers.
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