Mchedlova M.M., Guzelbaeva G.Y. (2022) Impact of the Pandemic on the Perception of the Professional Role of Doctor Among Medical Students. Monitoring of Pub lic Opi ni on: Eco no mic and So cial Chan ges. No. 6. P. 173–194. https: ...

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has made significant adjustments to the un-derstanding of the state and functioning of modern healthcare system in many countries of the world. The issues of the correlation between rationalization and commercialization of the medical sphere on the one hand and the requirements of selfless help and moral response from doctors on the other hand have become not just a matter of public debate, but a real challenge to the medical communi-ty. Students of medical specialties found themselves in a special situation. They got  under  the  pressure  of  two  causal  complexes, namely, transformations in the educational process and the heavy  The COVID-19 pandemic has made significant adjustments to the un-derstanding of the state and functioning of modern healthcare system in many countries of the world. The issues of the correlation between rationalization and commercialization of the medical sphere on the one hand and the requirements of selfless help and moral response from doctors on the other hand have become not just a matter of public debate, but a real challenge to the medical communi-ty. Students of medical specialties found themselves in a special situation. They got  under  the  pressure  of  two  causal  complexes, namely, transformations in the educational process and the heavy burden of social and personal responsi-bility in the mobilization of the medical sphere.The paper focuses on the analysis of the following issues: reactions to emergen-cy  mobilization  to  combat  COVID-19;  acceptance  of  new  technologies  in  medical education and clinical practice; transformation of the meanings of the professional  role  of  a  doctor  among  medical students; the moral side of the profession and subjective meanings of medical profession; the impact of the re-ligious factor and demand for volunteer activities of medical students. A sociolog-ical study of mixed design was conducted in  February—May  2022  and  included  the representative survey of students of medical faculties of Kazan and Moscow (N = 2084),  12  expert  interviews  with  residents, teachers, and doctors, and 2 focus groups with medical students.The  pandemic  has  demonstrated  an  unsatisfactory degree of acceptability of remote  teaching  methods  for  medical  specialties. Medical education has tradi-tionally been associated with training in a clinical setting. Students and teachers had to adapt to the urgent introduction of distance learning and treatment, in-cluding the use of digital forms and tools. Medical students found themselves in a difficult situation of changing the tradi-tional meanings of the medical profes-sion. The pandemic redefined the status and  meanings  of  medical  profession,  giving rise to the ambiguity of the choice between moral tasks and rational bene-fit; emphasized the disadvantages and benefits of digital education; highlighted the inability of commercialized medicine to cope with the challenges of the pan-demic. The experience of participating    in the medical volunteer movement has become popular in dealing with covid pa-tients. Preliminary practical experience of providing medical care has been iden-tified as the main parameter of positive response  to  the  call  and  participation  in the work of «red zones». Medical stu-dents have a polarized attitude to emer-gency mobilization to combat COVID-19. The complex epidemiological situation has  had  an  impact  on  the  prestige  of  the medical profession, but at the same time, it has exacerbated its moral bur-den  including  the  increased  demands  of patients for emotional involvement of doctors