Abstract: Objective To investigate the status of knowledge, attitude and practice of COVID-19 among medical students during the normalized phase of COVID-19, so as to provide reference for the prevention and control of COVID-19 for universities. Methods Using stratified cluster random sampling method to selected 84 classes with different majors and grades from a medical university from April to May in 2020, and structured self-designed questionnaire was used for online survey. Results A total of 2 245 valid questionnaires were collected, among which 805 students （35.8%）, 435 students （19.4%）, 667 students （29.7%）, 132 students （5.9%） and 206 students （9.2%） majored in clinical medicine, preventive medicine, nursing, clinical pharmacy, and health inspection and quarantine, respectively. The comprehensive knowledge score of COVID-19 was （9.42±1.47）, and the awareness rate was 91.2%. There were statistically significant differences in COVID-19 knowledge among students of different majors, grades, ages and household annual income per capita （P<0.05 or P<0.01）. Multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that grade was the influential factor for COVID-19 cognition of medical students （P<0.05）. The main ways to obtain the knowledge of COVID-19 were microblog, wechat and other social platforms （87.5%） and television broadcasting （82.1%）. 96.1% of the students paid close attention to the epidemic situation; 99.7% of the students had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 prevention; only 10.0% of the students felt fear and anxiety. 73.1%, 83.8% and 90.7% of medical students whose frequency of disinfection, washing hands and wearing masks were increased, respectively. And 46.3% of medical students whose frequency of participating in the exercise was decrease. Conclusion Medical students have a good knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19, and grade is the influencing factor. Universities and relevant departments should carry out health education according to different characteristics of students, improve their health literacy and reduce the risk of campus infection.

Key words: COVID-19, Medical college, College student, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice