Online Education for Vaccination Competence Among Health Sciences Students.

Perifanou, Dimitra; Konstantinou, Eleni; Ahokas, Aija; Aumatel, Xavier Palomar; Baroy, Joan Carles Casas; Cavani, Daniela; Estragues, Paola Galbany; Ferri, Paola; Gradellini, Cinzia; Grendova, Kristina; Lahti, Sari; Machajova, Michaela; Mas, Montserrat Romero; Mecugni, Daniela; Nikula, Anne; Prnova, Janka; Pujol, Carme Roure; Thomander, Heli; Sakellari, Evanthia

The EDUVAC project aims to develop and implement a web-based course on educating vaccination competence among health sciences students. In the current study students' feedback and evaluation is assessed which guided the partners' efforts to improve the final course content and learning material that will be available for open access. After completing the web-based course, most of the students (N=103, 75.1%) perceived their vaccination knowledge was up to date and their overall participating experience was "above average or excellent (N=119, 86.9%). While, almost all of the students (N=127, 92.7%) found that the web-based course has benefitted them and their future career. Our findings support that the web-based courses can provide satisfactory learning experience to University students and offer flexibility when needed especially in times that remote education is the only option.