Paradigms about the COVID-19 pandemic: knowledge, attitudes and practices from medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the disease caused by the novel coronavirus has spread globally, there has been significant economic instability in the healthcare systems. This reality was especially accentuated in Ecuador where, the shortage of healthcare workers combined with cultural and macroeconomic factors has led Ecuador to face the most aggressive outbreak in Latin America. In this context, the participation of final-year medical students on the front line is indispensable. Appropriate training on COVID-19 is an urgent requirement that universities and health systems must guarantee. We aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Ecuadorian final-year medical students that could potentially guide the design of better medical education curricula regarding COVID-19.

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SUBMITTER: Lincango-Naranjo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903404 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature