Open AccessAssessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices about antibiotic resistance among medical students in India
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Gupta,
Chirag Vohra,
Pankaja Raghav
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_504_19
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , respondent , likert scale , family medicine , descriptive statistics , cross sectional study , antibiotic resistance , resistance (ecology) , medical education , antibiotics , nursing , psychology , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , political science , law , biology , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology
To reduce the magnitude of antimicrobial resistance, there is a need to strengthen the knowledge for future prescribers regarding use and prescription of antibiotics. Before that, it is required to have a conclusive evidence about knowledge, attitude, and practices of that group.