title: Setting the right foundations: improving the approach used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to medical students.
abstract: A pre- and postintervention study was conducted to evaluate the impact of a new hand hygiene (HH) teaching module on the knowledge and attitudes amongst medical students towards HH. The teaching module significantly improved knowledge about HH indications and duration (T1=7.9, T2=9.2, T3=9.1; P=0.001), the use of HH materials (T1=1.3, T2=3.8, T3=4.3; P=0.004), and the 'Five Moments for HH' (T1=3.1, T2=6.7, T3=5.9; P=0.012). It also improved the students' attitudes towards HH (T1=48.5, T2=56.2, T3=54.1; P=0.04). Additional studies are warranted to evaluate the impact of this intervention on actual HH compliance of medical students.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: rajneesh.kaur@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Razee
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Five Moments for Hand Hygiene; Hand hygiene; Learning; Teaching