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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Rational use of Medicine Among Interns and Resident Doctors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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  1. 1Professor in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, INDIA.
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, INDIA.

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Ganesh Dakhale

Professor in Pharmacology, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, INDIA.

gndakhle@rediffmail.com

Volume 8, Issue 2 · pp. 114-117 · 2016 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.2.10

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Objective: To evaluate and compare knowledge, attitude and practice of rational use of medicine among post graduate students and interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital.Material and Method: This was a questionnaire based study which included 100 post graduate students from different specialties and 100 intern students of a tertiary-care teaching hospital.Results: Ninety six percent respondents were aware about the term RUM and 95% practiced it, only 10.5% had NLEMI available at their work place and 48% clinicians were able to correctly name the parts of the prescription slip. 87.5% respondents were aware about EM and 85% prescribed them. Percentage of respondents prescribing EM and practicing RUM was significantly higher in male than in females. (p<0.0001). Though 32% respondents practiced ‘p’ drug concept only 15.5% were aware about STEP criteria.Conclusion: In the present study majority of respondents were aware about most of the issues concerned with RUM addressed in the questionnaire which seems to be a positive finding. But being future prescribers all of them need to have correct knowledge about all the issues addressed.

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    Dakhale, G., Pimpalkhute, S., Bajait, C., & Raghute, L. (2016). Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Rational use of Medicine Among Interns and Resident Doctors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 8(2), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.5530/jyp.2016.2.10

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