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Article History

Received: 31 July 2024

Accepted: 11 February 2025

First Online: 26 February 2025

Declarations

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: Regarding ethical concerns, the French school of public health institutional review board (IRB) found this study exempt from the need for IRB review. Data collection and analysis were conducted in compliance with point 35 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with article 64 of the French data privacy law. The study protocol strictly followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki [] and the guidelines outlined by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL in French). This research mobilizes social sciences with the aim of capturing and collecting medical-school deans’ perceptions. Consequently, French legislation on research involving human subjects, known as Jardé law, does not apply, and so this research only required oral and written informed consent to data collection, data analysis and publication []. The interviews were voluntary and confidential. Informed consent was obtained from all participants who were provided with detailed information about the study prior to their participation before (oral consent) and after (written consent) the interview.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.