A Needs-Based Analysis of Teaching on Vaccinations and COVID-19 in German Medical Schools.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for improving public confidence in vaccines. Academic gaps and redundancies on vaccinations must be identified to revise the medical curriculum for up-to-date training of medical students. This cross-sectional survey assessed the status of vaccine-related teaching in general and specific to COVID-19 in medical schools across Germany. A total of 4313 medical students completed a questionnaire comprising items on national learning goals and perceived needs for teaching on vaccinations. Mixed methods were used to analyse data quantitatively for relative frequencies (%) and correlations between teaching items and semesters (Spearman's rho), and qualitatively (content analysis). Our findings showed that 38.92% of the students were dissatisfied with teac

SUBMITTER: Baessler F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228741 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature