Känslig hälsoinformation i händerna på oerfarna studenter : En enkätstudie om läkarstudenters kunskap, attityd och beteende gällande informationssäkerhet

Sammanfattning: The more digital the healthcare sector gets, the more considerable is the need for good information security within the sector. A group that, already during its education, gets in contact with sensitive information is medical students. Previous studies show that medical students run a significant risk of mishandling sensitive information during their medicinal internship. The goal of this study is to investigate what level of knowledge the medicinal students possess about information security and to see to what extent that affects their attitude towards information security and behavior in information security contexts. A survey based research method is used with an online questionnaire and the study has its theoretical base in the knowledge-attitude-behavior model and in prior studies performed within the same area of research. The questionnaire is created with inspiration from the HAIS-Q, which is an already tested questionnaire that is used to examine information security awareness. The result shows that the medicinal students have a higher level of knowledge about information security compared to their attitude towards information security and behavior in information security contexts. The result also indicates that higher levels of knowledge lead to better attitudes and behaviors. A recommendation for further studies within the topic is suggested, preferably on a larger sample where researchers can look at differences between universities in order to get a more holistic picture of the situation. The HAIS-Q should be evaluated more thoroughly as a research method since this study identifies shortcomings associated with the method.