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Date Published: 12/06/2023
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No. 45 (2022)
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Tran, T. N. M., Le, N. T., Tran, V. K., Nguyen, L. A. K., Pham, T. D. P., Nguyen, Q. H., Tran, L. S., & Pham, T. N. N. (2023). PRACTICING COVID-19 PREVENTION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. Cantho Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy, 45, 120-127. https://tapchi.ctump.edu.vn/index.php/ctump/article/view/1001

PRACTICING COVID-19 PREVENTION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY

Thi Ngoc Mai Tran1, Ngoc Tram Le1, Vi Khang Tran1, Lam Anh Ky Nguyen1, Thi Diem Phung Pham1, Quoc Huy Nguyen1, Linh Son Tran2, Thi Ngoc Nga Pham1,
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 MeKong University

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Background: When the fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Vietnam, besides medical staff, police, army, etc more than a thousand turns of medical students from Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP) have directly participated in supporting epidemic prevention in Can Tho and many other localities. Objectives: Evaluation of the correct practice prevalence of medical students, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study in 847 medical students from the freshman (course 46) to the fifth-year student (course 42) of CTUMP. The survey questionnaire includes 10 practical measures and 5 forms of updating information on COVID-19 prevention. Results: 693 (81.8%) students had fully implemented all 5 measures (5K of the Ministry of Health) and 508 (60%) students had all 10 measures. The prevalence of students practicing COVID-19 prevention measures at a “good” level was 76.5%. There were 795 (93.9%) students who practiced updating information at a "good" level, the main source of information was from social networks. In both the practice of measures and updating information, the prevalence of students achieving a "good" level was 74.4%. The prevalence of students with good practice in each course was > 70%, course 43 had the highest rate of good practice at 79.1%. Except for gender (p = 0.008), this research did not find a statistically significant difference in practice between courses (p = 0.272), academic ability (p = 0.743) and living characteristics (p= 0.944). Conclusions: Medical students have quite good practice in COVID-19 prevention practical measures to prevent COVID-19 should be maintained and further promoted in students of CTUMP

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practicing COVID-19, medical students, CTUMP

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