National attitudes of medical students towards mandating the COVID-19 vaccine and its association with knowledge of the vaccine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the introduction of the novel COVID-19 vaccine, public hesitancy is being experienced with many turning to healthcare professionals for advice. As future physicians, medical students play a critical role in the public's view of the vaccine.

Objectives

To determine the attitude of U.S. medical students toward mandating the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers and patients, as well as whether their knowledge of the vaccine plays a role in their view.

Methods

The authors emailed a survey link to all U.S. medical schools with request to distribute it to their medical students. The survey remained open from 02/09/2021 to 03/15/2021 and included questions to determine the attitude of the medical students toward recommending the COVID-19 vaccine, and genera

SUBMITTER: Mayan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8694456 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature