Exploring the perceptions of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being and medical education of medical students in Northern Ireland, in addition to the perceived barriers to seeking support; a qualitative study

• Claire Whiteside ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cwhiteside05@qub.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Health Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2939-6147

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• Gonnie Klabbers

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-5065

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