School of pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2011 Jun 10;75(5):96. doi: 10.5688/ajpe75596.
To assess senior pharmacy students' knowledge of and perceptions about pharmacovigilance and reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) at 5 public universities in Malaysia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 1, 2010, and January 31, 2010, using a validated self-administered questionnaire delivered to a sample of 510 final-year (fourth-year) pharmacy students at 5 Malaysian public universities.
Four hundred twenty-one (84%) students responded to the survey. About 60% (n = 240) indicated that they had taken courses on the concept of pharmacovigilance during their current pharmacy curriculum. The mean score for knowledge about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting was 6.9 ± 1.4. There was a significant difference in the mean scores for knowledge about pharmacovigilance across the 5 universities. The majority (82.3%) of respondents felt it was necessary to confirm the causal relationship between the drug and the ADR. About 57.8% (n = 241) of the respondents believed that pharmacy students are competent and capable of reporting ADRs during their clerkships. The majority (87.0%) of respondents perceived that pharmacy students should be taught how to report ADRs.
The results of this study demonstrate that the majority of final-year pharmacy students in Malaysian public universities have insufficient knowledge about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting.
评估马来西亚 5 所公立大学的高年级药学专业学生对药物警戒学和药物不良反应报告的认知和看法。
2010 年 12 月 1 日至 2011 年 1 月 31 日期间，采用经过验证的自填式问卷，对马来西亚 5 所公立大学的 510 名即将毕业（四年级）的药学专业学生进行了横断面研究。
421 名（84%）学生对该调查做出了回应。约 60%（n=240）的学生表示，他们在当前的药学课程中学习过药物警戒学的概念。药物警戒学和药物不良反应报告知识的平均得分为 6.9±1.4。5 所大学之间的药物警戒学知识平均得分存在显著差异。大多数（82.3%）受访者认为有必要确认药物与不良反应之间的因果关系。约 57.8%（n=241）的受访者认为药学专业学生在实习期间有能力报告药物不良反应。大多数（87.0%）受访者认为应该教授药学专业学生如何报告药物不良反应。
本研究结果表明，马来西亚公立大学的大多数高年级药学专业学生对药物警戒学和药物不良反应报告的了解不足。
