Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the attitude of future healthcare professionals regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in a medical university. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A selfdeveloped and pre-validated tool was used to collect data from students studying in three healthcare faculties of a university in Malaysia. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data. Results: More female students 170 (62.3%) participated in the present study than the male students 103 (37.7%), out of a total of 273 studied students. The majority of the students who had a positive attitude towards EVD were from the final years than the pre-final year students. Conclusion: Overall positive attitude observed among the studied future healthcare professionals. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had a more positive attitude than the two other faculties students i.e. dentistry and medicine.