Volume 13, Number 11—November 2007
Dispatch
Medical Students and Pandemic Influenza
Benjamin Herman*, Rhonda J. Rosychuk*, Tracey Bailey*, Robert Lake*, Olive Yonge*, and Thomas J. Marrie*
Table 2
Responses from medical students about volunteering for healthcare work during an influenza pandemic
| Statement | No. (%) positive responses |
|---|---|
| Health sciences students should be encouraged to volunteer in the event of healthcare worker shortage | 226 (63.8) |
| Retired healthcare workers should be encouraged to volunteer | 185 (52.3) |
| Healthcare students have moral/ethical/professional obligation to volunteer | 247 (69.8) |
| Government is justified in requiring people to work if there are insufficient volunteers | 15 (43.8) |
| Healthcare students should be penalized for refusal to comply with government requirement | 30 (8.5) |
| Healthcare academic staff should be penalized for refusal to comply with government requirement | 76 (21.5) |
| Expulsion from school/termination from work | 34 (9.6) |
| Jail time | 11 (3.1) |
| Fine | 128 (36.2) |
| Other | 62 (17.5) |
| None of the above | 154 (43.5) |
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