Knowledge and attitude of Hanoi medical university students on COVID-19: An online quick survey

Abstract

A cross-sectional study of 354 students who studying at Hanoi Medical University aims to describe the knowledge and attitudes on COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that most of Hanoi Medical University students have accurate knowledge about the COVID-19 epidemic, but only 49 people answered all 13 questions correctly (equal to 13.84%). 94.92% of students are willing to wash their hands with soap regularly to prevent infection and more than 97.18% believe in the role of health
workers in controlling COVID- 19. Besides, 73.16% of students volunteered to participate in epidemic prevention in the community and 96.05% were ready to register for immediate injection if a vaccine is available. In the context that complex pandemic still on going, medical student will participate in epidemic prevention, it is needed adjust the traing method, communication methods to have higher effective when they join the action.