2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students
COIVD-19 vaccination of medical students is essential since these students will have contact with patients and will become future healthcare leaders. Hence, we surveyed medical students at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, TX, and received 234 responses. The majority of student...
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| author | Christopher J. Peterson Mostafa Abohelwa Drew Payne Ahmed A. Mohamed Kenneth Nugent |
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| description | COIVD-19 vaccination of medical students is essential since these students will have contact with patients and will become future healthcare leaders. Hence, we surveyed medical students at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, TX, and received 234 responses. The majority of students were vaccinated against COVID-19 (215/234; 91.8%) and reported pro-vaccine attitudes, such as support for a COVID-19 booster shot (191/234; 81.6%) and an annual COVID-19 vaccine (186/234; 79.5%). Among those who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the most frequent reasons included waiting for more evidence (16/19; 84.2%) and concern about the side effects (15/19; 79.0%). These results indicate that medical students consider vaccination important and suggest that students can provide an important resource for patients and public education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12d9889b08de45a399e8baddd439fa812022-12-21T23:17:07ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Primary Care & Community Health2150-13272021-12-011210.1177/215013272110583162019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical StudentsChristopher J. Peterson0Mostafa Abohelwa1Drew Payne2Ahmed A. Mohamed3Kenneth Nugent4Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USATexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USATexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USAAmerican University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USACOIVD-19 vaccination of medical students is essential since these students will have contact with patients and will become future healthcare leaders. Hence, we surveyed medical students at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, TX, and received 234 responses. The majority of students were vaccinated against COVID-19 (215/234; 91.8%) and reported pro-vaccine attitudes, such as support for a COVID-19 booster shot (191/234; 81.6%) and an annual COVID-19 vaccine (186/234; 79.5%). Among those who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the most frequent reasons included waiting for more evidence (16/19; 84.2%) and concern about the side effects (15/19; 79.0%). These results indicate that medical students consider vaccination important and suggest that students can provide an important resource for patients and public education.https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211058316 |
| spellingShingle | Christopher J. Peterson Mostafa Abohelwa Drew Payne Ahmed A. Mohamed Kenneth Nugent 2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students Journal of Primary Care & Community Health |
| title | 2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students |
| title_full | 2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students |
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| title_full_unstemmed | 2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students |
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