School-based survey of third-year students in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy programs
Can include public and private schools
Sampling possibilities:
- Multistage sample design with schools selected proportional to enrollment size
- Classrooms chosen randomly within selected schools
  or
- Census of schools and students in countries with few health professional schools
All students in selected classes eligible for participation
Anonymous and confidential self-administered questionnaire
Computer scannable answer sheets
Requires only 30–40 minutes to administer
Fieldwork conducted in 6–8 weeks
Country-level data with regional level stratification possible
Core questionnaire
Countries may add questions to the questionnaire

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