Knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship concepts among final year pharmacy students in pharmacy schools across South Africa
Knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship concepts among final year pharmacy students in pharmacy schools across South Africa
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10.1080/23120053.2016.1192808
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Meyer, Johanna C.
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作者：
Burger, Marisa;Fourie, Jaco;Meyer, Johanna C.
背景：抗菌药物管理目前不是药剂师本科培训的强制性内容。确定知识的差距和更好地了解药学学生的看法，抗菌药物的管理，可以帮助建议适当的变化，药学学位课程，可能会导致更适当地使用抗菌药物，在多学科team.Methods：一个描述性定量研究与调查设计进行了8所大学提供的药学学位在南非。一个电子问卷与四个主要类别的抗菌药物管理的最后（四）年药学专业的学生（2015年6月至8月）。结果：26.6%（n = 260）的总体响应率从978名学生，尽管每周提醒。大多数受访者熟悉南非的抗菌药物管理计划（71.9%），并声称知道抗菌药物管理是什么（83.5%），大学之间存在显著差异（p < 0.001）。只有37.7%的受访者回忆起接受过抗菌药物管理方面的正式培训，8所大学的回答差异显著（p < 0.001）。然而，几乎所有的受访者（98.5%）认为，一个强大的抗菌药物的知识是很重要的，为他们未来的职业生涯，90.0%表示，他们希望更多的培训抗菌药物管理在本科level.Conclusion：有显着差异的8所大学之间的本科教育抗菌药物管理。为了帮助预防抗菌素耐药性，应努力将抗菌素管理的概念引入本科药学课程，以促进更好地使用抗菌素和预防抗菌素耐药性。
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship is currently not mandatory as part of the undergraduate training of pharmacists. Identifying gaps in knowledge and a better understanding of pharmacy students' perceptions about antimicrobial stewardship could assist in recommendations for appropriate changes to the pharmacy degree curricula that may lead to more appropriate use of antimicrobials, within the multi-disciplinary team.Methods: A descriptive quantitative study with a survey design was conducted at the eight universities offering the pharmacy degree in South Africa. An electronic questionnaire with four main categories on antimicrobial stewardship was administered to final (fourth) year pharmacy students (June-August 2015).Results: An overall response rate of 26.6% (n = 260) was obtained from 978 students, despite a weekly reminder. Most of the respondents were familiar with antimicrobial stewardship programmes in South Africa (71.9%), and claimed to know what antimicrobial stewardship is (83.5%) with significant differences between the universities (p < 0.001). Only 37.7% of the respondents recalled having had formal training on antimicrobial stewardship, with responses from the eight universities differing significantly (p < 0.001). However, almost all respondents (98.5%) felt that a strong knowledge of antimicrobials was important for their future career, with 90.0% indicating that they would like more training on antimicrobial stewardship at undergraduate level.Conclusion: There were significant differences between the eight universities with regards to undergraduate education on antimicrobial stewardship. In order to help prevent antimicrobial resistance, efforts should be made to introduce concepts of antimicrobial stewardship into the undergraduate pharmacy curricula to promote better use of antimicrobials and prevent antimicrobial resistance.