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G. Reza Najem, MD, MPH, PhD, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, 973-972-4778, najem@umdnj.edu and Inderpal Chadha, MD, Quantitative, School of Public Health, 185 South Orange Ave, Newark, NJ 07103.

To investigate the effect of the educational intervention on medical students' knowledge, attitudes and belief, regarding universal precautions. Medical students were required to participate in clinical preventive medicine (CPM) workshop that consist of small group demonstration and practice of CPM focused on the risks of body fluids and blood borne disease exposure and the effect of universal precaution. We included 169 second year medical students at New Jersey Medical in this CPM educational intervention workshop. Twenty-one item questionnaires regarding universal precaution were developed. The questionnaires were applied at the beginning of the workshop (as Pre-intervention Test) and at the end of the workshop (as Post-intervention Test). The results of our study clearly showed that the educational intervention workshop significantly improved knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in universal precautions regarding Human Immunodeficiency Viral (HIV) infection and Viral Hepatitis B (HBV) infection mode of transmission (p = .000008). Also knowledge about risk of transmission improved (p =.000002). Attitudes for gloves use significantly improved after educational intervention (p=.00001). In conclusion educational intervention in form of workshop in small groups is highly effective in improving knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of medical students in regard to universal precautions regarding transmission of HIV and HBV infection.

Learning Objectives:

• To investigate the effect of the educational intervention on medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and belief, regarding universal precautions.

Keywords: Education, Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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