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      The Uncertainty of COVID-19 Inducing Social Fear and Pressure on the Continuity of Rural, Community-Based Medical Education: A Thematic Analysis

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      community-based medical education, COVID-19, family medicine, Japan, rural

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          Rural community-based medical education (CBME) enriches undergraduate and postgraduate students’ learning but has been impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We identified the challenges faced by stakeholders as well as the relevant solutions to provide recommendations for sustainable CBME in community hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 31 pages of field and reflection notes were collated through direct observation and used for analysis. Five physicians, eight nurses, one clerk, fourteen medical trainees, and three rural citizens were interviewed between 1 April and 30 September 2020. The interviews were recorded and their contents were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, an overwhelming sense of social fear and pressure within and outside communities, and motivation and determination to continue providing CBME. Rural CBME was impacted by not only the fear of infection but also social fear and pressure within and outside communities. Constant assessment of the risks associated with the pandemic and the implications for CMBE is essential to ensure the sustainability of CBME in rural settings, not only for medical educators and students but also stakeholders who administrate rural CBME.

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                Contributors
                Role: Academic Editor
                Journal
                Healthcare (Basel)
                Healthcare (Basel)
                healthcare
                Healthcare
                MDPI
                2227-9032
                17 February 2021
                February 2021
                : 9
                : 2
                : 223
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Community Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan 699-1221, Japan; yoshiyoshiryuryu.hpydys@ 123456gmail.com
                [2 ]Department of Community Medicine Management, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo 693-8501, Japan; sanochi@ 123456med.shimane-u.ac.jp
                Author notes
                [* ]Correspondence: ryuichiohta0120@ 123456gmail.com ; Tel.: +81-90-5060-5330
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-5161
                Article
                healthcare-09-00223
                10.3390/healthcare9020223
                7922333
                33671392
                6d4c02d1-85b7-4147-83cb-4f9fd7227937
                © 2021 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 19 January 2021
                : 14 February 2021
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                community-based medical education,covid-19,family medicine,japan,rural

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