Medical students and risk of COVID-19 infection: A descriptive cross-sectional study from the University of Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with increasing morbidity and mortality has impacted the lives of the global population, including medical education. With the return of on-site medical education in Jordan, it is important to know whether this would pose any risk of COVID-19 infection in medical students.

Objective

To investigate COVID-19 infection infection rates among medical students and whether there is difference between preclinical and clinical students' infection rate.

Methods

The study is a cross-sectional study, designed to (1) determine the incidence of COVID-19 in clinical and preclinical medical students (2) determine if there is a difference in infection rates between clinical and preclinical students. The study was situated at

SUBMITTER: Bani Hani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature