Do Not Throw Away Your Shot: Pilot Study in Improving Medical School Curricula Through Focused Vaccine Education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With widely prevalent vaccine hesitancy and medical mistrust, future healthcare providers require knowledge of vaccines and comfort in discussing vaccines with patients. However, many U.S. medical schools do not offer formal or elective curricula focused on vaccine education.

Methods

We sought to identify the need for such a curriculum and student gaps in knowledge through a pilot study surveying first- and second-year medical students at a large Pennsylvania medical school to assess knowledge about vaccine initiatives/policies, comfort in discussing vaccines, attitudes toward curricular changes, and effects of COVID-19 on willingness for vaccine education.

Results

Many participants (>40%) reported insufficient knowledge of vaccine policy, vaccine develop

SUBMITTER: Sojati J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10835123 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature