Longitudinal study of medical students’ interpersonal competence and mental health (ETMED-L)
ETMED-L was designed to investigate the evolution of interpersonal competency and mental health over the course of medical school in a population of students in Switzerland. The study recruited medical students in years 1 to 6 at the University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Over 900 students participated in the first data collection sweep in March 2021, with the participant number growing to over 1,000 in the second and third sweeps in November 2021 and November 2022. Participants will be followed up yearly until the study ends.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
906 (participants)
Age at first data collection
17 - 49 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2021
Primary Institutions
Lausanne University Hospital (Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV)
University of Lausanne (Université de Lausanne, UNIL)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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