Could university training and a proactive attitude of coworkers be associated with influenza vaccination compliance? A multicentre survey among Italian medical residents Assessment and evaluation of admissions, knowledge, skills and attitudes

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Costantino, Claudio ^a   Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Mazzucco, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coworkers attitude; Influenza vaccination; Medical residents; Multicentre survey; University training

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COWORKER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; RESIDENT; SKILL; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84957435603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0558-8     Document Type: Article

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