Comparative study and assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among first, second and third professional medical students of PMCH, Dhanbad

摘要

Background: Pharmacovigilance awareness among medical students is very important for preventing ADR underreporting. Present study was conducted to know extent of Pharmacovigilance awareness among students and impact of Pharmacovigilance teaching. Methods: Questionnaire based study about KAP towards ADR and Pharmacovigilance was carried out at Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad. Of 150 questionnaires distributed to first, second and third professional students, 106 were returned. Results: Pharmacovigilance Awareness was 20% in 1st, 91% in 2 nd and 94% in 3 rd Professional students. Only 10% of 1 st , 82% of 2 nd and 88% of 3 rd Professional students knew about Pharmacovigilance and its purpose. Regarding International and National ADR monitoring body, only 7% of 1 st , 50% of 2 nd and 63% of 3 rd professional students knew. Only 13% of 1 st , 45% of 2 nd and 56% of 3 rd Professional students knew about local AMC. 40% of 1 st , 86% of 2 nd and 88% of 3 rd professional students wanted detailed curricular teaching of Pharmacovigilance. 17% of 1 st professional students had seen ADR, none (0%) had seen /reported ADR form. Of 2 nd and 3 rd professional students, 45% and 75% had seen ADR but only 34% and 56% had seen ADR form and 19% and 38% had reported ADR/seen ADR reporting. Conclusions: 2 nd and 3 rd professional students had better knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance. As 1 st professional students underwent pharmacovigilance teaching, their KAP improved significantly. There existed huge gap between ADR experienced and ADR reporting by all medical students.