Knowledge and information sources on standard precautions and infection control of health sciences students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

Abstract Hepatitis B virus is a serious global public health problem and health professionals, especially medical and health sciences students are at risk of acquiring infection through occupational exposure. Hence, this study was aimed at assessing medical and health sciences students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards HBV transmission and prevention. A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to March, 2017 among 190 medical and health sciences students. Study participants were selected using random sampling technique. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Out of 190 distributed questionnaires, all were returned with a response rate of 100%. Majority of the students, 107(56.3%), were in the age group 20 – 24 years. Almost all the respondents had good knowledge about hepatitis B Virus transmission, treatment and prevention. Majorities, 179 (94.2%), of students had good attitudes towards the importance of standard precautions, vaccine and post exposure prophylaxis for HBV prevention. However, the study participants had poor practices towards the prevention of Hepatitis B infections where 164 (86.3%) of the students had not vaccinated against and screened for the virus and 111 (58.4%) of them were not practicing of the standard precautions. This study indicates that participants had good knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis B virus prevention. However, they had experienced poor practicing while giving healthcare services. Key Words: Poor practices, Prevention, Hepatitis B viral infection, medical and health sciences students

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Undergraduate health sciences students’ response regarding COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: an observational study

Postgraduate Medicine ◽

10.1080/00325481.2021.2017184 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ayman Geddawy ◽

Mansour Alajmi ◽

Abdulaziz M. Alaskar ◽

Salman T. Alwadani ◽

Abdulaziz F. Alanezi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Observational Study ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Health Sciences Students

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Perception of E-Resources on the Learning Process among Students in the College of Health Sciences in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, during the (COVID-19) Outbreak

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare10010040 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 40

Author(s):

Reham AlJasser ◽

Lina Alolyet ◽

Daniyah Alsuhaibani ◽

Sarah Albalawi ◽

Md.Dilshad Manzar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Health Science ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

King Saud University ◽

Age Related ◽

Health Sciences Students ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

Aim: to assess the impact of e-learning through different e-resources among health sciences students. Methodology: A cross-sectional design was conducted among health science students (n = 211; 134 female and 77 male) at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. The data was collected using a previously used structured questionnaire to assess the impact of e-resources on learning. Results: The four most frequently used e-resources were: Zoom (38%), YouTube (31%), Google applications (29%), and Blackboard (27%). More than one-third of the students (35%) reportedly used e-resources for three or more hours daily. The majority of the students (55.9%) recognized a gender-related and age-related difference among faculty members in terms of e-resources usage. The majority of the students (58.2%) believe that online resources recommended by faculty members were credible. The majority of students believed that their academic performance was primarily influenced by these features of the e-resources: organization/logic of the content (64.5%), the credibility of the video (64.5%), and up to date “look and feel” of the video (60.6%). The study identified the most frequently used e-resources, gender, and age-related differences in faculty members’ use of e-resources, students’ overwhelming reliance on faculty feedback regarding the credibility of e-resources, and three most important characteristics (organization, credibility, and updated status) of e-resources. Conclusion: e-learning resources had a significant impact on participating students’ education as they were used very frequently during their health sciences’ courses.

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