Abstract :
Background: With increasing overuse of antibiotics leading to difficulty in managing antimicrobial resistance, involvement of medical students who are usually associated with health care settings sufficient knowledge and skills can support the struggling health system. This study was undertaken to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practices about antibiotic use and resistance among medical students at tertiary healthcare teaching center, Vadodara, Gujarat.”
Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted between 15th April 2024 and 15th October 2024 at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Gujarat, India. In this study, Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding antibiotic use and resistance were assessed through preformed Google forms using a self-designed, pre-validated questionnaire consisting of 30 questions. Detail about descriptive statistical analysis like mean, standard deviation, and median was calculated for different variables to assess the significance of this study
Results: In this study, amongst 100 undergraduate medical and postgraduate medical students who showed an overall knowledge score of 85 % but no significant difference in scores was observed amongst various age, gender, and phase of undergraduate study. This study was done to significantly improve students’ knowledge on antibiotics and aware about emerging antimicrobial drug resistance along with brings their attention for prevention of antibiotic resistance due to inappropriate use of antibiotics.
Conclusion: This study was conducted to assess and improve medical students’ knowledge on antibiotics use and resistance also brings their attitude towards antibiotic use and to help prescribing antibiotic in future with aim to reduce antimicrobial drug resistance .Here, this study also will help future doctor to stop inappropriate use of antibiotics & also to create awareness regarding antibiotic resistance among medical students.
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