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Background <p>Hospitals should plan a&#xa0;staffing surge capacity to prepare for a&#xa0;new pandemic or disaster. As medical students are a&#xa0;possible surge capacity resource, this study investigated whether including students in surge capacity plans is desirable and under which conditions it is feasible.</p> Methods <p>We performed two retrospective multicentre observational trials in 2023 by enrolling medical students from 20&#xa0;German faculties and leadership from critical areas of inpatient care at two university hospitals. We investigated the integration of medical students in the COVID-19 effort, assessed the willingness to include students in future preparedness plans, and explored possible requirements for such a&#xa0;deployment.</p> Results <p>Both leadership staff (<i>n</i> = 72) and students (<i>n</i> = 1249) displayed a&#xa0;clear willingness for cooperation in the context of preparedness plans (81.9% and 90.8% approval respectively). Most agreed on delegating diagnostic, medical assistance, nursing and logistical tasks to the surge capacity help force. Students addressed financial compensation, clearance of academic obligations and sufficient training as prerequisites for their deployment. Leadership staff also emphasized the need for adequate training. Both parties cited students’ academic obligations amongst the main limiting factors.</p> Conclusion <p>Both surveys display a&#xa0;high acceptance for including students into the surge capacity workforce. These results support the need for predefined roles for surge capacity helpers and emphasize the necessity of pre-emptive preparedness training and the clarification of academic obligations ahead of time.</p>

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Klinischer Einsatz von Medizinstudierenden als personelle Überlaufkapazität in einer Notlage am Beispiel der Covid-19-Pandemie: Qualitative Auswertung der ESCAPE-Studie

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    2026年5月4日

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  • Lucien Torlot,
  • Johanna Huber,
  • Carla Nau,
  • Franziska Jahns,
  • Bernhard Zwißler,
  • Martin R. Fischer,
  • Ines Schroeder,
  • Claudia Apel,
  • Marc Bodenstein,
  • Iris Chaberny,
  • Enrico Dähnert,
  • Kristin Engelhard,
  • Roland Francis,
  • Thea Koch,
  • Susanne Kolbe-Busch,
  • Kerstin Lamers,
  • Thomas von Lengerke,
  • Muriell Madi,
  • Brigitte Malien,
  • Mario Menk,
  • Maria Reden,
  • Tiffany Schaumburg,
  • Sasa Sopka,
  • Sebastian Stehr,
  • Astrid Stephan,
  • Ivonne Tomsic,
  • Irhad Trozic,
  • Rojda Ülgüt,
  • Steffen Weber-Carsten,
  • Kathrin Zednik

摘要

Background

Hospitals should plan a staffing surge capacity to prepare for a new pandemic or disaster. As medical students are a possible surge capacity resource, this study investigated whether including students in surge capacity plans is desirable and under which conditions it is feasible.

Methods

We performed two retrospective multicentre observational trials in 2023 by enrolling medical students from 20 German faculties and leadership from critical areas of inpatient care at two university hospitals. We investigated the integration of medical students in the COVID-19 effort, assessed the willingness to include students in future preparedness plans, and explored possible requirements for such a deployment.

Results

Both leadership staff (n = 72) and students (n = 1249) displayed a clear willingness for cooperation in the context of preparedness plans (81.9% and 90.8% approval respectively). Most agreed on delegating diagnostic, medical assistance, nursing and logistical tasks to the surge capacity help force. Students addressed financial compensation, clearance of academic obligations and sufficient training as prerequisites for their deployment. Leadership staff also emphasized the need for adequate training. Both parties cited students’ academic obligations amongst the main limiting factors.

Conclusion

Both surveys display a high acceptance for including students into the surge capacity workforce. These results support the need for predefined roles for surge capacity helpers and emphasize the necessity of pre-emptive preparedness training and the clarification of academic obligations ahead of time.