Medical education and health professional training during the Syrian conflict: a cross-sectional study
The Syrian conflict has negatively affected medical students' research training and academic confidence, particularly through infrastructure disruption and limited mentorship. Targeted support and international collaboration will be essential to rebuilding capacity in conflict-impacted medical education systems, for the benefit of both the healthcare professionals of the future, and their patients.
Authors
- Ibrahim Antoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-7476)
- Georgia R. Layton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2209-0559)
- Mohammed Al-shafie
- Jameel Soqia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3758-0489)
- Mustafa Zakkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5810-4679)
- Osama Barakat
- Buthaina Hussein Ali
- Amal Mahfoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5705-9466)
- Batoul Sultana
Institutions
- University of Aleppo (SY)
- Latakia University (SY)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Glenfield Hospital (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Damascus University (SY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07953-7
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.03
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- University of Leicester