Objective  This study investigated the changes in the emotional responses and professional identity of medical students and influencing factors after the COVID-19 epidemic.

Methods  A questionnaire was used to investigate the professional identity and emotional state of medical students in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and compared and analyzed with the survey results of Liu Wei and others before the epidemic.

Results  A total of 100 students were included and the results indicated that after the COVID-19 epidemic, the average score of professional identity was (3.85±0.54), which was at the upper-middle level, among which career behavior (4.05±0.51) and career expectation (4.21±0.61) reached a good level. Compared with status before the epidemic, professional behavior increased significantly (4.05 vs. 3.84). In addition, this study found that there is a certain degree of negative correlation between professional identity and negative emotions, indicating that students with stronger professional identity are less likely to have negative emotions.

Conclusion  Therefore, it is recommended that colleges and universities should monitor the states of professional identity of medical students and take corresponding measures to improve their confidence in medical careers, which is also conducive to eliminating the adverse emotional reactions of medical students.

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