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    Background:

    • Understanding immunology is crucial for healthcare professionals, including chiropractors.
    • Assessing knowledge retention and student attitudes towards immunology is essential for curriculum development.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a valid questionnaire for assessing immunology knowledge.
    • To compare immunology knowledge and attitudes among chiropractic students.
    • To investigate the relationship between attitudes and knowledge levels.

    Main Methods:

    • Factor analysis was used to refine the questionnaire.
    • One-way ANOVA and kappa statistics were employed for comparisons.
    • Logistic regression analyzed the association between attitudes and knowledge.

    Main Results:

    • Significant differences in immunology knowledge were found across student cohorts (p = .011).
    • Fifth-year students had 25% less immunology knowledge than third-year students (p = .005).
    • Students recognized the importance of immunology but this did not correlate with knowledge scores.

    Conclusions:

    • Third-year students demonstrated superior immunology knowledge compared to fifth-year students.
    • Despite valuing immunology, students exhibit poor knowledge retention.
    • The developed questionnaire effectively assesses immunology knowledge retention in undergraduate students.