Updated Post: September 23, 2020
A group from the Mayo Clinic and Quinnipiac is circulating an anonymous survey to undergraduate students to assess how the pandemic has affect them in terms of their future medical school applications. Based on this data, our hope is that the application process can be adjusted in order to fully assess medical school applicants in the coming years that had their education affected by the pandemic. The survey has been updated to better assess socioeconomic factors that were left out in the first survey: https://forms.gle/BepwCMR1XRMao66B9
You are being asked to participate
in a voluntary research survey about how the COVID-19 pandemic has
been affecting you academically at the undergraduate level, and whether you
have concerns about how this will affect your medical school application.
Medical schools recognize that many undergraduate pre-medical
students are going through a difficult and chaotic time right now. Virtual
classes, pass/fail, shifted MCATs, and unknown circumstances are likely leading
to increased anxiety, especially for those applying to medical school in the
next cycle.
If you
agree to participate you will be asked to complete a short survey that is
expected to take less than 5 minutes to finish. The survey is anonymous, and no
identifiable information will be collected.
The
benefits which may reasonably be expected to result from this research study
are that medical schools will better understand undergraduate student concerns
and adjust their admissions process in a positive way during the upcoming
cycles.
If you decide you wish to participate, please click on the
survey link below:
Research-related
questions not listed above, or any research-related complaints may also be
addressed to kurian.shyam@mayo.edu (MS3, Mayo Clinic Alix School of
Medicine). If you prefer to speak with someone independent of the research
team, you may contact the Mayo Institutional Review Board (IRB).