Dear Student,
We are conducting a survey titled ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health amongst Medical Students– An international Comparison’. We would be grateful if you could support us by taking this short online survey.
The link for the survey is:
https://burnout2.typeform.com/to/GXj7Yw
1. Introduction
· This is a brief online survey which is fully anonymous and it will take 10 minutes or so to complete.
· We are collecting information about the well-being and mental health of medical students around the world as previous studies have shown that there are increasing levels of stress and mental health issues among medical students.
· While we would like to encourage you to participate, it is entirely your decision whether to take the survey or not.
2. Potential benefits
· We hope that this will help us identify how to better support medical students, in order to improve the situation for current and future medical students.
3. Potential risks
· We have had no reports at all, of the survey being difficult or distressing.
· However, if you feel distressed by the survey in any way then please do contact the investigator via email and/or access psychological support from student counsellors/ personal tutors, your doctor or other person who can support you. You may exit the survey at any point if you so wish.
4. Confidentiality
· As this is fully anonymous, we will not be aware of the personal details of the students who have opted to participate.
· We will also not be aware of the personal details of the students who have opted not to participate.
This project has been approved by the Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and a copy is submitted to Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna.The information sheet and consent form are attached for your perusal. Please keep them for future reference.
Thank you
Best regards,
Dr Harshini Rajapakse
Cordinator for Faculty of Medicine
University of Ruhuna