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. 2022 May 6;12(5):e057467.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057467.

Social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK medical and nursing students: protocol for a national medical and nursing student survey

George E Richardson #  1 , Conor S Gillespie #  2 , Orla Mantle  3 , Abigail Clynch  4 , Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi  5 , Jay J Park  6 , Emily R Bligh  7 , Shantanu Kundu  8 , Ioannis Georgiou  9 , Soham Bandyopadhyay  10 , Kate E Saunders  11   12 ; Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group (NANSIG); SPICE-20 Collaborative
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Social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK medical and nursing students: protocol for a national medical and nursing student survey

George E Richardson et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Introduction: Healthcare students have played a significant role in the National Health Service during the COVID-19 pandemic. We captured data on the well-being of medical students during the acute phase of the pandemic with the Social and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on medical students: a national survey Evaluation (SPICE-19) study. We will evaluate changes in mental health and well-being of medical and nursing students 1 year after SPICE-19, in a cross-sectional study, to understand the impact of the pandemic, and inform well-being policies.

Methods and analysis: This study will be a national, multi-institution, cross-discipline study. An online 53-item survey of demographics, mental health and well-being will be used to record responses. Students studying for a medical or nursing degree at any UK universities will be eligible to participate. The survey will be advertised through the Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group national network. Participation is anonymous and voluntary, with relevant mental health resources made available to participants.

Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval was granted by the University of Oxford Central University Research Ethics Committee (R75719/RE001) on 21 May 2021. Study findings will be presented at national and international meetings, and submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Keywords: child & adolescent psychiatry; medical education & training; mental health.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Social and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on medical students: a national survey Evaluation (SPICE-20) study logos.
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Final Social and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on medical students: a national survey Evaluation (SPICE-20) survey design. GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; WEMWBS, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale.
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Standard email template used for all survey disseminations through student email lists, developed by the study team and approved by the research ethics committee. NANSIG, Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group; SPICE-20, Social and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on medical students: a national survey Evaluation.
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