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- * A survey of 1224 medical students showed that postgraduate students had a better understanding of leptospirosis than undergraduates, but both groups still had significant gaps in knowledge about risk factors and management.
- * The findings emphasize the need for improvements in the medical curriculum to enhance students' awareness and understanding of local diseases, as poor knowledge could negatively impact patient care.
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: Students of medicine in India tend to follow textbooks from western authors for rural pathologies, zoonosis, and this geographical disconnect leads to gaps in familiarity with local diseases.: This study aims to assess knowledge, practices, and attitudes on leptospirosis among undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.: A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire study was performed from June 2018 to May 2019 among 778 undergraduate students from six medical colleges of Tamil Nadu and 446 postgraduate students from two postgraduate institutions.: The survey of 1224 medical students revealed that the postgraduate medical students' knowledge of leptospirosis was better than undergraduates; however, there were important knowledge gaps in risk factors and management of leptospiral infection.: Although the results of the study are encouraging, poor knowledge of risk factors and of diagnosis of leptospirosis can significantly affect the quality of patient care. This calls for multifaceted interventions to improve the medical curriculum.
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