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. 2024 Jun 1;24(1):608.
doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05502-2.

Knowledge sharing among academics from Egyptian medical schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amany Mohamed Elsayed  1 , Emad Isa Saleh  2 , Mohamed Mahmoud El-Kassas  3 , Haidy Samir Khalil  4
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Knowledge sharing among academics from Egyptian medical schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amany Mohamed Elsayed et al. BMC Med Educ. .

Abstract

Background: Sharing knowledge among scientists during global health emergencies is a critical issue. So, this study investigates knowledge-sharing behavior and attitude among staff members of 19 Medical schools in Egyptian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Across-sectional study was conducted using a web-based questionnaire. A total of 386 replies from the 10,318 distributed questionnaires were analyzed. Descriptive statistics were computed using SPSS (version 22) to summarize the demographic data. Inferential statistics such as the independent and chi-square test were used to achieve the study aims.

Results: More than half of the respondents (54.4%) indicated that their levels of knowledge of COVID-19 were good. Most participants (72.5%) reported that scientific publications and international websites were the most reliable source of their knowledge concerning COVID-19. More than 46% stated they sometimes share their knowledge. The lack of time to share and organizational culture were the most important factors that could affect their knowledge sharing. Additionally, about 75% of participants shared knowledge about treatment.

Keywords: Academic staff; COVID-19; Egypt; Healthcare knowledge; Knowledge sharing; Medical knowledge; Medical schools.; Medical sciences.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Participants’ responses to their knowledge of COVID-19 (n = 386)
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Participants’ responses to reliable sources of knowledge concerning COVID-19.
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Participants’ responses to frequency of knowledge sharing (n = 386)
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Participants’ responses to types of shared explicit knowledge
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Participants’ responses to types of shared tacit knowledge
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Participants’ responses to sort of shared tacit knowledge
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Participants’ responses to knowledge sharing Mechanisms
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