Students’ attitudes on personal drug selection exercise in writing prescription

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Manishen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohan, Laliten_US
dc.contributor.authorMishra, Hiteshen_US
dc.contributor.authorChandra, Akashen_US
dc.contributor.authorDikshit, Hariharen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T07:47:39Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T07:47:39Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study was developed to know the students’ views regarding personal drug (P-drug) concept in rational prescription of drugs and also giving them training of creating and using personal drug concept.Methods: 40 medical students (5th semester) divided in four groups were involved voluntarily in a three phase, questionnaire based and prospective study. In first and second phase students were taught and asked to derive P-drug using different standard text books and Current Index of Medical Specialties (CIMS) by analyzing efficacy, safety, cost and convenience of drugs used for type II diabetes mellitus. Third phase was designed to know the students’ perception regarding the exercise and difficulties faced in the process of P-drug selection. It contained demographic and 12 questions with answer using Likert scale.Results: Students selected biguanide (metformin) as a P-drug in terms of efficacy, safety, cost and convenience. 95% (36 out of 40) responded in the questionnaire, out of which 92% (33 out of 36) had given answer with mean score ?4. Overall median score was 4 and Interquartile Range was 4-5. 89% (32) strongly agreed that P-dug selection teaching helped them to understand pharmacology better. Majority (83% or 30) were in favour of introducing P-drug selection exercises in undergraduate pharmacology curriculum.Conclusions: P-drug selection exercise helped students to understand the differences among various drugs used for the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus and given them a strong foundation for developing rational use of the medicine in their future career as a doctor.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumarManish, MohanLalit, MishraHitesh, ChandraAkash, DikshitHarihar. Students’ attitudes on personal drug selection exercise in writing prescription. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 2018 Jan; 7(1): 147-152en_US
dc.identifier.issn2319-2003
dc.identifier.issn2279-0780
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/199540
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20175691en_US
dc.subjectP-drugen_US
dc.subjectPharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectPrescription writingen_US
dc.subjectPharmacology curriculumen_US
dc.titleStudents’ attitudes on personal drug selection exercise in writing prescriptionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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