Awareness of rational use of medicines among interns at rural teaching hospital

Awareness of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis Among Dental Students and Interns at a Teaching Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Introduction : Infective endocarditis is a serious infection of the heart endothelium and valves. It carries long-term health risks and compromises the heart condition. However, this condition has been rarely observed since the introduction of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis. Dentists play a major role in preventing infective endocarditis in susceptible patients. In this study, we assessed t...

Malpractice awareness among surgeons at a teaching hospital in Pakistan

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The duty of a doctor to take care presumes the person who offers medical advice and treatment to unequivocally possess the skills and knowledge to do so. However, a sense of responsibility cannot be guaranteed in the absence of accountability, which in turn requires a comprehensive medical law system to be in place. Such a system is almost non-existent in Pakistan. Keep...

Improving Injectable Medicines Prescription in Outpatient Services: A Path Towards Rational Use of Medicines in Iran

Injection is one of the most common medical procedures in the health sector. Annually up to 16 billion injections are prescribed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), many of them are not necessary for the patients, increase the healthcare costs and may result in side effects. Currently over 40% of outpatient prescriptions in Iran contain at least one injectable medicine. To address the ...

Promoting Rational Use of Medicines

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

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 respo...