HOW DOES CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT CHANGES DURING PANDEMIC AFFECT ON PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY?

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted clinical medical education, and learning was forced to swiftly adapt by blending offline services with online learning. Changes in the environment will have an impact on professional identity. This study aimed determine of changes students' Methods: a two-phase mixed-method explanatory sequential design. PHEEM instrument measured perceptions before during pandemic, PIM used measure Fifty-one students participated this phase. In second qualitative phase, fifteen were selected join three focus group discussions based proportion sex completion rotation.Results: there significant decrease student teaching (p 0.003). result is line findings, namely opportunities for participation interaction social aspects lowered self-confidence competence supported higher correlation between identity than (respectively r 0.561; 0.554 p < 0.01).Conclusion: During opportunities, which resulted decreased confidence specific competencies, but had no effect comfort willingness be engaged profession. situation brings awareness further improve through various training practices.