Objective:To analyze the attitude and perception of junior resident doctors’ regarding antibiotic resistance and prescribing.Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted in two tertiary care centres in theNewDelhi during the months ofMay-June2012.An email based questionnaire was emailed to all the junior residents(JRs) working in the clinical setting and all the responses obtained within2 months were included in the study.Statistical analysis was done usingSPSS v.17. Results:This email based questionnaire was forwarded to80JRs.53 responses were deemed appropriate for analysis with response rate of66.25%.Forty-nineJRs(92.45%) believed that antibiotic resistance is a problem inIndia while38JRs(71.7%) believed it is a problem in their hospital.28JRs(52.83%) had received training regarding antibiotic prescription in last6 months while25(47.17%) had not received any training.47JRs(88.7%) believed thatMedicalCouncil should take strict actions prohibiting irrational use of antibiotics.Only18JRs(33.96%) said thatGovernment ofIndia should go ahead with proposed plan of restricting junior doctors from prescribing third and fourth generation antibiotics withoutHead ofDepartment's permission. Conclusions:Most of the junior residents believe that antibiotic resistance is an emerging problem in their hospital as also nationally.There is a large unmet need of providing education to these residents.
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