en Awareness and Myths Related to COVID-19 among Medical Students at a Tertiary Health Care Facility in Northern India پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div dir="ltr"><strong>Background: </strong>Assessing the undergraduate medical students&rsquo; knowledge regarding COVID-19 to determine any gaps in their learning and any misinformation is essential. This study aimed to access the awareness regarding COVID-19 and related myths among undergraduate medical students.<strong> Methodology: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted on undergraduate medical students in a tertiary healthcare teaching institute in a district of central Uttar Pradesh. Unpaired t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to determine any differences among the mean scores of awareness and myths among gender and batch years. We used boxplots to represent the overall and section-wise correct percentages.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>Out of the total 800 students, 494 (61.7%) participated in the study. Most of the participants were first-year MBBS students, 158 (32.0%), and were males (280, 56.7%). The average performance regarding the awareness and myth related to COVID-19 was satisfactory, with a 72.5% overall correct mean score. According to modified Bloom&rsquo;s cut-off, 406 (82.2%) students performed moderately, followed by 81 (16.4%) students who performed good, and seven (1.4%) performed poorly. Although the majority 489 (99.0%) knew the correct taxonomy of the virus causing COVID-19, 60.0% and 43.0% had difficulty defining the SARS-CoV-2 virus and close contacts, respectively. There was a drastic variation in response to the physical distancing criteria, with only 71 (14.4 %) answered correctly.<br> <strong>Conclusions: </strong>As the guidelines regarding COVID-19 are dynamic, there is a need for regular training of undergraduate medical students, focusing on infection control and prevention to keep them updated with the latest and upcoming guidelines.</div> <strong>Background: </strong>Assessing the undergraduate medical students&rsquo; knowledge regarding COVID-19 to determine any gaps in their learning and any misinformation is essential. This study aimed to access the awareness regarding COVID-19 and related myths among undergraduate medical students.<strong> Methodology: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted on undergraduate medical students in a tertiary healthcare teaching institute in a district of central Uttar Pradesh. Unpaired t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to determine any differences among the mean scores of awareness and myths among gender and batch years. We used boxplots to represent the overall and section-wise correct percentages.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>Out of the total 800 students, 494 (61.7%) participated in the study. Most of the participants were first-year MBBS students, 158 (32.0%), and were males (280, 56.7%). The average performance regarding the awareness and myth related to COVID-19 was satisfactory, with a 72.5% overall correct mean score. According to modified Bloom&rsquo;s cut-off, 406 (82.2%) students performed moderately, followed by 81 (16.4%) students who performed good, and seven (1.4%) performed poorly. Although the majority 489 (99.0%) knew the correct taxonomy of the virus causing COVID-19, 60.0% and 43.0% had difficulty defining the SARS-CoV-2 virus and close contacts, respectively. There was a drastic variation in response to the physical distancing criteria, with only 71 (14.4 %) answered correctly.<br> <strong>Conclusions: </strong>As the guidelines regarding COVID-19 are dynamic, there is a need for regular training of undergraduate medical students, focusing on infection control and prevention to keep them updated with the latest and upcoming guidelines. COVID-19, Awareness, Medical students, COVID-19 Myths COVID-19, Awareness, Medical students, COVID-19 Myths 1 10 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1484-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 NILIMA Takhelchangbam Nilima Takhelchangbam nilimatakhel@gmail.com 5300319475328460015270 5300319475328460015270 Yes Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Naresh Pal Singh Naresh Pal Singh nareshpalsingh@gmail.com 5300319475328460015271 5300319475328460015271 No Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Anamika Singh Anamika Singh anugsvm@gmail.com 5300319475328460015272 5300319475328460015272 No Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Deepanshi Saxena Deepanshi Saxena drdeepanshi.saxena@gmail.com 5300319475328460015273 5300319475328460015273 No Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Prashant Kumar Bajpai Prashant Kumar Bajpai prashantbajpaillrm@gmail.com 5300319475328460015274 5300319475328460015274 No Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Utkarsh Tripathi Utkarsh Tripathi utkarsh2196@gmail.com 5300319475328460015275 5300319475328460015275 No Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Arushi Kumar Arushi Kumar kumararushi@yahoo.in 5300319475328460015276 5300319475328460015276 No Omax City, Lucknow, India Omax City, Lucknow, India