
Effect of information, education and communication intervention on awareness about rational pharmacy practice in pharmacy students
Author(s) -
Kunda Gharpure,
Vijay Thawani,
Smita Sontakke,
Kiran Chaudhari,
Mangesh Bankar,
Rajendra Diwe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.83105
Subject(s) - pharmacy , test (biology) , notice , intervention (counseling) , bachelor , medical education , session (web analytics) , medicine , pharmacy practice , family medicine , multistate pharmacy jurisprudence examination , psychology , pharmaconomist , nursing , computer science , political science , world wide web , law , biology , paleontology
There is a growing indifference among the pharmacy practitioners towards their duty as information providers to the patients. The patients do not always get enough desired information about proper use of medicines from the prescribers also. This contributes to improper use of medicines by the patients.