Financial Literacy and Wellbeing among Medical Students, Residents, and Attending Physicians in Lebanon: Results from A Nationwide Multi-Centered Survey - presented by Dr Mohammadali Jardaly

Financial Literacy and Wellbeing among Medical Students, Residents, and Attending Physicians in Lebanon: Results from A Nationwide Multi-Centered Survey

Dr Mohammadali Jardaly

Dr Mohammadali Jardaly
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Limitations Mohammad Ali Jard.. Private medical schools One public medical school and six private medical schools 50% of students and attendings come from household that makes >$10K Medical students Excluded pre-med and pre-clinical medical students Attendings Excluded attendings at the private sector Comparison group Scales not validated locally Confounding factors Financial crisis Covid-19
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We focused on private schools with a higher burden of student loans, excluding public schools. In private schools, we found that 50% of students come from households making over $10,000, putting them in the top percentile nationally. We did not study students from lower socio-economic backgrounds in public schools. We excluded premedical and preclinical medical students due to varying curriculums in Lebanese medical schools. We only included final year medical students for consistency. Attendings working in the private sector with their own clinics were also excluded. We did not have a comparison group from the local population for the tools used, except for financial literacy. The financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic were considered complex factors. This led us to question if medicine is a career only for the wealthy, which we discuss in our second paper. This brings to mind a quote from Atul Gawande.