Open AccessEducational intervention to improve knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacovigilance among resident doctors at a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
AwaniYogesh Shah,
SadhanaKeshav Hingorani,
ChaitaliDharmendra Mehta
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/picr.picr_37_22
Subject(s) - pharmacovigilance , mcnemar's test , medicine , family medicine , tertiary care , intervention (counseling) , test (biology) , health care , cross sectional study , nursing , adverse effect , pharmacology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , economics , biology , economic growth
Physicians, residents, interns, pharmacists, and nurses, as major health-care providers, bear a great deal of responsibility for reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Resident doctors are the backbone of health-care system; hence they play a significant role in detecting and reporting ADR, particularly for hospitalized patients, as they are in contact with a patient and available round the clock.