Table 5.
Attitudes of the included medical students towards current curricular sufficiency and their training needs for infection control and standard precautions
| Responses: No. (%) | Statements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| 68(27.1) | 86(34.3) | 41(16.3) | 40(15.9) | 16(6.4) | 1- Current curriculum provides enough information on IC and SPs. |
| 99(39.4) | 74(29.5) | 39(15.5) | 24(9.6) | 15(6.0) | 2- Training/orientation sessions about IC and SPs are provided to medical students. |
| 101(40.2) | 50(19.9) | 58(23.1) | 31(12.3) | 11(4.4) | 3-Tutors and faculty provided us with enough information on how to avoid health facilities related- infections before clinical rotations. |
| 94(37.5) | 77(30.7) | 43(17.1) | 19(7.6) | 18(7.2) | 4- I received hands on training on how to avoid health facilities-related infections using case scenarios and simulations. |
| 5(2.0) | 6(2.4) | 40(15.9) | 111(44.2) | 89(35.5) | 5- I need to receive training on IC and SPs. |
IC= infection control, SPs= standard precautions