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Allied J Med Res 2017
Volume 1 Issue 2
Herbal Medicine 2017
September 01-02, 2017 London, UK
3
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International Conference and Expo on
Herbal & Alternative Medicine
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus: Are Makkah Medical Students
Sufficiently Aware of it?
Osama Abdulqadir Khairoalsindi
1
, Anas M Tayeb
1
, Raghad M
Mandora
1
and Muhammad I Siddiqui
2
1
Umm Al-Qura Medical College, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Community Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi
Arabia
Objective / Purpose:
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus continues to pose great challenges to Saudi
Arabia and many other countries. The medical students
in Makkah, in addition to their role in spreading the
awareness among the indigenous population of their
community, possess a crucial role owing to their unique
setting and their major participation in the annual Hajj
event. This study was designed to assess the awareness
among medical students of UmmAl-Qura Medical College
in Makkah towards MERS-CoV.
Material and Methods:
A cross-sectional study was
conducted on medical students who finished the second,
third, fourth, fifth, and sixth academic year using a
previously constructed questionnaire that was used in a
study on dental students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Results:
Among the 317 respondents, 92.4% knew at
least one definition of MERS-CoV. Mean awareness
scores for the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth years
were 31%, 51%, 61%, 63%, and 69% respectively. GPA
was found to be correlated with knowledge level among
fourth and sixth year students only (p>0.05).
Conclusion / Discussion:
Ageneral moderate knowledge
was found among the respondents; however, continuous
rigorous campaigns and courses by the Saudi Ministry of
Health and other authorities are needed for all medical
students, in particular for the second and third year
students who demonstrated a relatively poor knowledge.
The newly implemented academic curriculum in UQU
Medical College needs to contain more comprehensive
infection control lectures and activities; the distinguished
setting of the Medical College underscores this need.
Biography
Osama A. Khairoalsindi is a 22 years old medical student who recently finished
his third year of Medicine; affiliated to Umm Al-Qura College of Medicine,
Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He was ranked first among his class of medicine during
his second medical year. He has graduated from high school with many awards
of excellence.
Khairoalsindi.O@hotmail.comOsama Abdulqadir Khairoalsindi et al., Allied J Med Res 2017