Abstract
Currently, hand hygiene (HH) compliance rates amongst Australian medical students are below 70% nationally. Previous attempts to improve medical students’ knowledge of HH have had only short-term successes with follow-up studies reporting poor long-term retention of knowledge worldwide. It has been previously suggested that the importance of HH must be taught to medical students from the first year and integrated into their clinical curricula.
Highlights
Currently, hand hygiene (HH) compliance rates amongst Australian medical students are below 70% nationally
Our study aimed to examine the current practices around teaching concepts of hand hygiene in an Australian tertiary educational institute these students tend to mimic the behaviour of the senior doctors (‘role models’) regardless of all their teaching and training on HH
Teaching hand hygiene to medical students was considered challenging by our participants, as medical students do not rank the subject as ‘important’
Summary
Hand hygiene (HH) compliance rates amongst Australian medical students are below 70% nationally. Previous attempts to improve medical students’ knowledge of HH have had only short-term successes with follow-up studies reporting poor long-term retention of knowledge worldwide. It has been previously suggested that the importance of HH must be taught to medical students from the first year and integrated into their clinical curricula
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