A needs-based analysis of teaching on vaccinations and COVID-19 in German medical schools
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 te...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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19 June 2022
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Vaccines
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 1-15 |
| ISSN: | 2076-393X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/vaccines10060975 |
| Online Access: | lizenzpflichtig lizenzpflichtig 
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| Author Notes: | Franziska Baessler, Ali Zafar, Katharina Mengler, Ricarda Nadine Natus, Anne Josephine Dutt, Manuel Kuhlmann, Emre Çinkaya and Simon Hennes |
| Summary: | 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 teaching on vaccine-preventable diseases, but the perceived satisfaction increased in later semesters (r = 0.46, p < 0.001). Moreover, 75.84% and 68.15% of the students were dissatisfied with teaching related to vaccine scepticism and vaccine-related communication strategies, respectively. Furthermore, 63.79% reported dissatisfaction with teaching on COVID-19 disease and 72.93% with teaching on COVID-19 vaccines. A total of 79.12% stated they educated others on COVID-19 and its vaccines and 75.14% felt responsible to do so. A majority of the medical students were dissatisfied with teaching on dealing with vaccine scepticism, communication strategies and COVID-19 vaccines. We recommend practice-oriented vaccine education, especially for teaching communication skills to medical students. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 18.08.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2076-393X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/vaccines10060975 |