Student Self-Analysis of Infection Control in Preclinical and Clinical Spaces at the Dental Medicine Study of the School of Medicine, University of Mostar

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to demonstrate that the knowledge of infection control standard measures among students in the preclinical and clinical settings of the dental medicine study program at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Mostar, is higher in sixth-year students compared to fifth-year ones.

Methods: The participants completed a self-assessment survey on infection control during student exercises, which had been previously explained in detail. The survey consisted of two parts: general participant data (age, gender, professional status) and a targeted questionnaire about infection control in dental institutions.

Main findings: The sixth-year students and staff showed greater knowledge of infection control compared to the fifth-year students. 

Principal conclusion: Based on the survey results, staff possess greater knowledge compared to students, and sixth-year students have more knowledge about infection control than fifth-year ones, indicating a gradual increase in knowledge over the course of the study program.