Bucher, Thomas
Volken, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-011X
Pfeiffer, Fabian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1819-8938
Schaffert, René http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7248-5543
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Article History
Received: 7 December 2021
Accepted: 14 June 2023
First Online: 23 June 2023
Declarations
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: At the time the survey providing the data for this article was planned, the national business management system for ethics committees that now exists in Switzerland did not yet exist. In addition, there were no forms available at the time for studies that did not require approval, so it was not possible to apply for a waiver of ethical approval. The procedures and forms in place at that time were mainly focused on clinical trials and were not suitable for a study investigating the transition from studies to work of HP. Against this background, the planning committee for the National Graduate Survey of Health Professionals decided that ethics approval was not required for this survey, based on the criteria on the website of the Ethics Committee of the Canton of Zurich (ExternalRef removed). The criteria were: questionnaire study with anonymized data, voluntary participation of health care students, consent of participants for use of the data, and use of standardized questionnaire items adopted from the Swiss Health Survey of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office based on the Federal Statistics Act of 1992 (ExternalRef removed). In addition, the participating universities gave their permission to use the data for this study and all methods were carried out in accordance with their relevant guidelines and regulations. Data from the survey were anonymized and stored by the Quality and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Health Professions at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in accordance with university regulations. The researchers analyzing the data are not able to trace the selected data back to the participating students.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.