Jessica Keim-Malpass, Jennifer Phillips, Karen C Johnston
Disseminating for impact: creating curriculum activities for translational dissemination for the clinical and translational research workforce
Frontiers in pharmacology
august 2022 mpox formerly monkeypox declared public health emergency united states yet little published medical providers knowledge perceptions disease one highest incidence rates united states south florida miamibased medical school aimed assess students perceived levels knowledge attitudes regarding mpox optional anonymous survey consisting multiple choice likerttype questions emailed medical students first survey sent september 1 2022 students received reminders october 3 8 31 2022 analyzed respondents perceived knowledge risk contracting mpox comparing responses heterosexual lgbtq groups preclinical clinical groups used mannwhitney u kruskal wallis tests inferential statistical analysis 480 medical students 168 350 responded survey respondents 881 concerned mpox 952 perceived personal risk moderate low lgbtq students significantly likely others report feeling risk mpox majority 720 respondents reported poor perceived knowledge mpox significant difference preclinical clinical students reported level perceived knowledge p0621 762 respondents confident ability recognize mpox symptoms lgbtq students significantly confident identifying symptoms others p0201 medical students feel lack critical knowledge mpox report unprepared recognize disease symptoms higher level perceived risk knowledge among lgbtq students may stem biases perpetuated public messaging regarding mpox findings highlight need integrating education emerging epidemics undergraduate medical education enable students safely provide highquality patient care