Provision of health advice for UK medical students planning to travel overseas for their elective study period: questionnaire survey

Question No of respondents answering yes Comments Is travel health information 20 Written information provided by provided by medical school or - 11 schools(7 of which sent occupational health department? - copies with their returned - - questionnaires) Are immunisations arranged by 7 - medical scho...

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Published in:BMJ 1999-01, Vol.318 (7177), p.161-162
Main Authors: Moss, Peter J, Beeching, Nick J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Curricula
Developing countries
Health Promotion
Health surveys
HIV
HIV infections
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infections
LDCs
Medical schools
Medical sciences
Medical students
Nursing students
Occupational Exposure
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Student surveys
Students
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
Travel
United Kingdom
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Summary:Question No of respondents answering yes Comments Is travel health information 20 Written information provided by provided by medical school or - 11 schools(7 of which sent occupational health department? - copies with their returned - - questionnaires) Are immunisations arranged by 7 - medical school or occupational - - health department? - - Does medical school check 10 No checks were done in 1 school whether advice and - that did not provide advice and immunisations have been - in 7 that did not arrange received? - immunisation Is a health check on return to 2 A further 3 schools provided Britain offered? - health check on request Is information on occupational 20 Often as part of normal curriculum exposure to HIV given to students? - - Is information on sexually 20 Often as part of normal curriculum transmitted diseases (including - - HIV infection) given to students? - - Is post-exposure prophylaxis 2 A further school said that it available to students on overseas - advised students about post electives? - -exposure prophylaxis; 2 further - - schools said that they did if the - - student was doing an "affiliated - - centre elective" a further 3 said "yes, in certain locations" Most medical schools (20) that replied provided some form of travel health advice, usually in the form of a group lecture or seminar.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.318.7177.161