Comparison between random and convenience samples in a multicenter survey to evaluate medical students’ quality of life

Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira; Patricia Zen Tempski; Fernanda Brenneisen Mayer; Sylvia Claassen Enns; Munique Peleias; Milton de Arruda Martins; Jose Oliveira Siqueira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332850

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Comparison between random and convenience samples in a multicenter survey to evaluate medical students’ quality of life

Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira ,

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

* E-mail: silveira@usp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-1038

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Patricia Zen Tempski,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Fernanda Brenneisen Mayer,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Faculdade de Medicina, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Parana, Brazil
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Sylvia Claassen Enns,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Munique Peleias,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Milton de Arruda Martins,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Jose Oliveira Siqueira

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

Affiliation Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Comparison between random and convenience samples in a multicenter survey to evaluate medical students’ quality of life

Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira,
Patricia Zen Tempski,
Fernanda Brenneisen Mayer,
Sylvia Claassen Enns,
Munique Peleias,
Milton de Arruda Martins,
Jose Oliveira Siqueira

Published: October 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332850

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