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<p>Travel medicine emerged from the growing demand of travelers. The COVID-19 pandemic taught humans the need of following health standards while traveling to minimize illness transmission. A doctor must provide pre- and post-travel advise in a densely populated country like India with a lot of passengers. Despite many surveys in other countries, no such comprehensive studies have been conducted in India to assess the travel medicine knowledge of health care providers. We conducted a cross-sectional survey on the residents undergoing post-graduate training in Medicine and Infectious Diseases course in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (<i>Ref. No.: IECPG-326/22.07.2020, RT-34/26.08.2020</i>), New Delhi, using a self-administered validated tool/questionnaire. The residents underwent a training program and were again administered the questionnaire to see the effect of intervention. Eighty-five percent of the respondents were aware about the mortality and morbidity associated with travel, whereas 64% were aware about the existence of the branch of travel medicine. Forty-five percent of the respondents have never done pre-travel assessment in the 2-year recall period. 64/78 of the respondents (82%) agreed that there should be a training program on travel medicine in their institute. Among the specific pre-travel advice those related to mass gathering was given by the maximum number of residents (28%). There was significant improvement in overall knowledge of travel medicine post intervention as evidenced by the increase in median score (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.001). This study revealed significant knowledge gaps in travel medicine among residents, which improved notably after a structured educational intervention. The positive attitude of participants highlights the need for formal training in this area. The integration of simple educational tools, based on a validated and published questionnaire, significantly improved the level of knowledge in travel medicine.</p>

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Evaluation of the Impact of Structured Travel Medicine Training on Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Residents: An Evidence-Based Study

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    2025年7月31日

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  • Anand Rajendran,
  • Arvind Kumar,
  • M. A. Khan,
  • Jatin Ahuja,
  • Sameer Abdul Samad,
  • Ankit Mittal,
  • Saurav Shekhar Paul,
  • Anivita Agarwal,
  • Netto George,
  • Mohd Usman,
  • Vishal Kumar Vishwakarma,
  • Piyush Ranjan,
  • Prayas Sethi,
  • Upendra Baitha,
  • Sarita Mohapatra,
  • Satnam Singh,
  • Aparna Sharma,
  • Gunjan Kumari,
  • Rohan Malik,
  • Naveet Wig

摘要

Travel medicine emerged from the growing demand of travelers. The COVID-19 pandemic taught humans the need of following health standards while traveling to minimize illness transmission. A doctor must provide pre- and post-travel advise in a densely populated country like India with a lot of passengers. Despite many surveys in other countries, no such comprehensive studies have been conducted in India to assess the travel medicine knowledge of health care providers. We conducted a cross-sectional survey on the residents undergoing post-graduate training in Medicine and Infectious Diseases course in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Ref. No.: IECPG-326/22.07.2020, RT-34/26.08.2020), New Delhi, using a self-administered validated tool/questionnaire. The residents underwent a training program and were again administered the questionnaire to see the effect of intervention. Eighty-five percent of the respondents were aware about the mortality and morbidity associated with travel, whereas 64% were aware about the existence of the branch of travel medicine. Forty-five percent of the respondents have never done pre-travel assessment in the 2-year recall period. 64/78 of the respondents (82%) agreed that there should be a training program on travel medicine in their institute. Among the specific pre-travel advice those related to mass gathering was given by the maximum number of residents (28%). There was significant improvement in overall knowledge of travel medicine post intervention as evidenced by the increase in median score (p ≤ 0.001). This study revealed significant knowledge gaps in travel medicine among residents, which improved notably after a structured educational intervention. The positive attitude of participants highlights the need for formal training in this area. The integration of simple educational tools, based on a validated and published questionnaire, significantly improved the level of knowledge in travel medicine.