Social awareness of medical students about COVID-19 and the preventive strategies
https://doi.org/10.51523/2708-6011.2022-19-1-14
Abstract
Objective. To analyze the awareness of medical students about COVID-19 and the preventive strategies.
Materials and methods. The methods of theoretical analysis of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical literature on the problem of research, questionnaires, observations, method of statistical analysis of empirical data (j*-Fisher’s criteria) were used. The study sample included 156 medical students.
Results. The performed study has made it possible to determine the theoretical foundations for social awareness about COVID-19 and the preventive strategies in medical students. The analysis of the socio-psychological aspects of the medical students’ attitude to COVID-19 has showed that above all the study participants see the absence of protocol treatment and specific medications as the greatest danger. The students rate their awareness of questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic quite highly, but at the same time future medical professionals do not show much interest in getting new information about the coronavirus disease.
Conclusion. The most important task of medical education is the formation of medical students’ awareness of using various methods and means for COVID-19 prevention. The professional formation of health workers and the effectiveness of their subsequent professional activity depend on the formation of their own social norms, understanding of the relationship between a health status and the use of means and methods to contain the spread of infection in the situation of a pandemic.
About the Authors
N. V. Gapanovich-Kaidalov
Gomel State Medical University
Belarus
Belarus
Nikolai V. Gapanovich-Kaidalov, PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Health Service with the course of the Faculty of Professional Development and Retraining
Gomel
T. M. Sharshakova
Gomel State Medical University
Belarus
Belarus
Tamara M. Sharshakova, DMedSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Public Health and Health Service with the course of the Faculty of Professional Development and Retraining
Gomel
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Gapanovich-Kaidalov N.V., Sharshakova T.M. Social awareness of medical students about COVID-19 and the preventive strategies. Health and Ecology Issues. 2022;19(1):109-115. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.51523/2708-6011.2022-19-1-14
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