Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the perception of health-care students on the recent COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. There was one study by Caliskhan et al. (2020) conducted among Turkish final-year medical students showed that the students were knowledgeable about and aware of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the authors’ knowledge, there are limited number of studies conducted among health-care students in Malaysia.

Design/methodology/approach

The online questionnaire was randomly distributed to the health-care students in Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of socio-demographic data and perceptions on COVID-19. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the perceptions of the health-care students on COVID-19.

Findings

Health-care students in Malaysia have positive perceptions on COVID-19, and it did not give huge impact of their interest in this health-care field. Thus, it is important that this issue is investigated, and the perceptions of health-care students on COVID-19 can be highlighted.

Research limitations/implications

The strength of this study was the participation from the health-care students from various institutions, which have different experience and backgrounds. The study was limited on the items of question utilised. Due to the limited time and urgency of the survey, the authors were unable to study their knowledge, attitudes and way they are going to cope with this kind of pandemic as the students and as future health-care workers.

Originality/value

The paper points out the effect on the recent COVID-19 pandemic on health-care students in Malaysia. It also points out the perceptions of health-care students in Malaysia on the current pandemic. It is expected that the results of this research would serve as baseline data for health-care institutions in Malaysia to continue equip the future front liners that can adapt future challenges.

中文翻译：

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对最近 COVID-19 大流行的看法：对马来西亚保健学生的研究

目的

本文的目的是研究医疗专业学生对马来西亚最近发生的 COVID-19 大流行的看法。Caliskhan等人进行了一项研究。（2020 年）在土耳其最后一年的医学生中进行的研究表明，学生们对 COVID-19 大流行病了如指掌。据作者所知，在马来西亚的卫生保健学生中进行的研究数量有限。

设计/方法/方法

在线问卷随机分发给马来西亚的保健学生。问卷包括社会人口统计数据和对 COVID-19 的看法。描述性分析用于分析卫生保健学生对 COVID-19 的看法。

发现

马来西亚的卫生保健学生对 COVID-19 持积极态度，并没有对他们对该卫生保健领域的兴趣产生巨大影响。因此，调查这个问题很重要，并且可以强调卫生保健学生对 COVID-19 的看法。

研究限制/影响

这项研究的优势在于来自不同机构的医疗保健专业学生的参与，他们具有不同的经验和背景。该研究仅限于所使用的问题项目。由于调查的时间和紧迫性有限，作者无法研究他们作为学生和未来的医护人员将如何应对这种流行病的知识、态度和方式。

原创性/价值

该论文指出了最近 COVID-19 大流行对马来西亚医疗保健学生的影响。它还指出了马来西亚卫生保健学生对当前流行病的看法。预计这项研究的结果将作为马来西亚医疗机构的基线数据，以继续装备能够适应未来挑战的未来前线。