Professionalism and mental health in medical and nursing students under prolonged virtual learning: a longitudinal study in Peru
Martha H Gonzales Sota, Nancy Berduzco-Torres, Montserrat San-Martín, María Gonzalez-Álamos, Luis Vivanco · 2026
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Martha H Gonzales Sota leads a five-author longitudinal study, published in 2026, of how prolonged virtual learning during COVID-19 affected medical and nursing students in Cusco, Peru. With campuses closed for at least a year, the team worried that empathy, teamwork and self-directed learning — the fabric of professionalism — would fray alongside mental health.
Four hundred seventeen students across five faculties completed both assessments between 2020 and 2023, a third of them after long virtual exposure. Wellbeing rose with lifelong learning and shorter virtual exposure, and fell with family loneliness. Depression risk eased with stronger teamwork, while other links ran counter to expectation, including an inverse tie between wellbeing and empathy. The authors draw lessons for future disruptions to training.
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| CREATOR | Martha H Gonzales Sota, Nancy Berduzco-Torres, Montserrat San-Martín, María Gonzalez-Álamos, Luis Vivanco |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39026 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |