title: Does clinical experience affect knowledge regarding hepatitis-B among male medical students at a private university?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the knowledge of male medical students about Hepatitis-B in their preclinical and clinical years and to investigate the self reported vaccination status of these students.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the year of 2007, 187 male students of Isra University Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan were selected by convenient sampling and surveyed with a self reported questionnaire comprising of questions regarding knowledge about hepatitis B. Data gathered was analyzed by SPSS V. 16. Knowledge between preclinical and clinical students were compared by Pearson's coefficient chi square test, p value < 0.005 was considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 187 students interviewed, 73 (39%) and 114 (61%) were from preclinical and clinical years respectively. Significant difference was found in clinical and preclinical students regarding basic knowledge about hepatitis B. and mode of transmission of disease (P = 0.004) and (P = < 0.001) respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant difference was found in the knowledge of both preclinical and clinical male medical students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Nusrat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nisar
authors.forename: Raheel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baloach
authors.forename: Aftab Afroz
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Munir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult