Meenakshi S, Aradya Anupama, Sreeshyla H S, Ranganatha Narahari, Thammaiah Smitha
Department of Prosthodontics, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2022 Apr-Jun;26(2):179-184. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_431_21. Epub 2022 Jun 28.
In the COVID-19 age, attempts are being made to raise student awareness and improve best practices to contain the outbreak.
The target population was interns and 3year undergraduate students from JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysuru. COVID-19 knowledge, awareness and attitude of the students and interns and the preparedness to tackle the current COVID 19 pandemic were assessed.
120 respondents responded via a contented validated self-administered questionnaire with regard to knowledge, attitude and practices and preparedness to address the COVID 19 pandemic by undergraduates and interns. The student participants irrespective of their years into practice were aware of the guidelines being issued by Health care authorities and to address the COVID 19 pandemic. Among the respondents, 57.5% were 3 year dental students and 42.5% were interns. Regarding knowledge about COVID infection, 42.9% (3 year students) and 57.1% of the interns were aware of the recent developments, 34.1% of the III year students were aware of the safe distance to be maintained between patients, 42.4% of the students and 57.6% of interns were aware of the authority to be contacted with suspected COVID 19 infections. The participants were also aware of the vaccine trial which was conducted. Most of the respondents (64.3% of the students and 78.6% of the interns) were aware of fumigation in clinical or high-contact areas on a daily basis and biweekly in nonclinical areas.
The results suggest a strong need to encourage the current training program among students in health care-related fields.
在新冠疫情时代，人们正努力提高学生的意识，并改进最佳做法以遏制疫情爆发。
目标人群是迈索尔JSS牙科学院及医院的实习生和三年级本科生。评估了学生和实习生对新冠病毒的知识、意识和态度，以及应对当前新冠疫情的准备情况。
120名受访者通过一份经过内容验证的自填问卷，回答了关于本科生和实习生应对新冠疫情的知识、态度、做法及准备情况。无论实习年限如何，参与的学生都了解医疗保健当局发布的应对新冠疫情的指南。在受访者中，57.5%是三年级牙科学生，42.5%是实习生。关于新冠感染的知识，42.9%（三年级学生）和57.1%的实习生了解近期进展，34.1%的三年级学生知道患者之间应保持的安全距离，42.4%的学生和57.6%的实习生知道在疑似新冠感染时应联系的机构。参与者也了解正在进行的疫苗试验。大多数受访者（64.3%的学生和78.6%的实习生）知道每天在临床或高接触区域进行熏蒸，在非临床区域每两周进行一次。
结果表明，迫切需要鼓励在医疗保健相关领域的学生中开展当前的培训项目。
