Lahiji, Reza
Iqbal, Lally
Safdar, Bilal
Storino Ramacciotti, Lorenzo
Grosso Zelaya, Maria
Vora, Meghan
Craton, William
Hong, Craig
McKenzie, Jacob
Laundy-Blair, Ezra
Zahirovic, Sejla
Braunschweig, Adam
Abdelqader, Bushra
Hajiha, Mohammad
Ogan, Kenneth
Master, Viraj A.
Nabavizadeh, Behnam
Funding for this research was provided by:
BAUS
Article History
Received: 19 September 2025
Accepted: 25 March 2026
First Online: 28 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was granted by the Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (Reference: 2921/51023). Additional by-institution approvals were obtained through the Education Leads Advisory Group (ELAG) process and sign-off by the UK national Medical Schools Council (MSC). Students were informed of voluntary participation in both disseminating emails and on survey forms, and that survey completion implied consent.
: Not applicable, all participants were informed and consented to the use of their anonymized responses for publication purposes.
: The authors declare no competing interests.