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Impact of a drug-drug interaction intervention on pharmacy and medical students' knowledge and attitudes: A 1-year follow-up.
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PMID:  22222339     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: There have been many interventions aimed at improving retention of drug-drug interaction (DDI) knowledge of health care professionals. Much less is known about their retention of such knowledge for extended periods of time after an educational intervention. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate pharmacy and medical students' knowledge retention and attitudes 1 year after participating in an educational session on DDIs. METHODS: This study used a pre-post design with an assessment of DDI knowledge and attitude by pharmacy and medical students before and after the final didactic year of their professional education. The intervention was a 1-hour program. RESULTS: A total of 74 of 193 students (38%) completed the pre, post, and final questionnaire. The median numbers of correctly identified DDIs before the program were 8 and 7 for pharmacy and medical students, respectively, out of a possible score of 15. One year after, the median identification knowledge scores were 12 and 8, respectively, for pharmacy and medical students. The median difference scores of correctly managed DDIs on this evaluation 1 year after the program were -4 and -8 for pharmacy and medical students, respectively (P<.05). CONCLUSION: This study found that the ability to identify important DDIs is poor among both pharmacy and medical students 1 year after being exposed to the educational session.
Authors:
Ana L Hincapie; Terri L Warholak; Lisa E Hines; Ann M Taylor; Daniel C Malone
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-3
Journal Detail:
Title:  Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1934-8150     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-6     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101231974     Medline TA:  Res Social Adm Pharm     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, 1295 N Martin, P.O. Box 210202, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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