Ebola virus disease: awareness among junior doctors in England.
The current Ebola virus epidemic continues to pose a threat to the UK. Junior clinicians are often at the frontline of medical care in hospitals and their awareness of the clinical features and management of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) may significantly influence the timely implementation of infection control measures. In view of this, we carried out a cross-sectional survey of 119 junior doctors across four different hospitals in England in order to assess their level of knowledge of EVD. We demonstrate that there is currently a deficiency of knowledge about critical aspects of EVD in this population.
Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK. Electronic address: balazsfazekas@hotmail.com.
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Fazekas
St George's, University of London, London, UK.
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Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Moledina
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Karolyhazy
D001364:Awareness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Awareness; Ebola; England; Junior doctors