The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Internship Activities at Health Organizations in Saudi Arabia

This study aims to describe the impact of COVID-19 on internship activities at health organizations in Saudi Arabia. The study is a secondary analysis of data set that was collected from 101 health science interns from different health organizations. The majority of interns were trained or started t...

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Published in:Hospital topics 2021-01, Vol.99 (1), p.22-28
Main Author: Bugis, Bussma Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Health administration
Health Education - standards
Health Education - trends
Health organization
health sciences
Hospital administration
Hospitals
Humans
internship
Internship and Residency - standards
Internship and Residency - trends
organizational behavior
Organizations - statistics & numerical data
pandemic
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Personal Satisfaction
Saudi Arabia
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Summary:This study aims to describe the impact of COVID-19 on internship activities at health organizations in Saudi Arabia. The study is a secondary analysis of data set that was collected from 101 health science interns from different health organizations. The majority of interns were trained or started their internships at public health organizations (64.29%), while 6.12% and 29.59% were at private and other health organizations, respectively. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most health organizations chose to continue the internships (76.53%), while others (23.47%) decided to suspend trainings. Health organizations have taken different actions to overcome the internship issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:0018-5868
1939-9278
DOI:10.1080/00185868.2020.1826894