Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Mar;75(3):e13696. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13696. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates collaborative teamwork by all healthcare providers including pharmacists. Since Pharmacy and Pharm. D students represent the future pharmacists, it is necessary to ensure that they have a good awareness about COVID-19 or any other pandemic that could happen in the future.
The study aim was to evaluate Pharmacy and Pharm.D students' knowledge and information needs about COVID-19.
A cross-sectional web-based design survey was used to assess socio-demographics and knowledge about COVID-19 amongst Pharmacy and Pharm. D students. After being validated, the questionnaire was formatted into Google forms and distributed amongst undergraduate Pharmacy and Pharm. D students in accredited Universities in Jordan.
A total of 860 Pharmacy and Pharm.D students completed the questionnaire. Results revealed moderate students' knowledge about COVID-19 (mean knowledge score was 5.6 out of 10). Students had high correct response rates in questions asking about transmission method, treatment, zoonotic transmission and medications to be avoided. However, the students demonstrated low knowledge in questions asking about the incubation period and degree of contagion scores. Several factors were associated with students' level of knowledge including the field of study and academic year. Few students relied on their faculty as the main source of information about the infection and most of them relied on self-reading and social network.
The results of this study clearly demonstrate unsatisfactory level of knowledge and a lot of information needs about COVID-19 amongst Pharmacy and Pharm. D students. More efforts should be deployed to educate pharmacy students about COVID-19, with an emphasis on the need for more active role by the universities to achieve this goal.
COVID-19 大流行需要包括药剂师在内的所有医疗保健提供者进行协作。由于药学和药学博士学生代表未来的药剂师，因此有必要确保他们对 COVID-19 或未来可能发生的任何大流行有很好的认识。
本研究旨在评估药学和药学博士学生对 COVID-19 的知识和信息需求。
采用横断面网络设计调查评估药学和药学博士学生的社会人口统计学特征和对 COVID-19 的认识。在验证后，将问卷格式化为 Google 表单，并分发给约旦认可大学的药学本科和药学博士学生。
共有 860 名药学和药学博士学生完成了问卷。结果显示，学生对 COVID-19 的知识处于中等水平（平均知识得分为 10 分中的 5.6 分）。学生在询问传播途径、治疗方法、人畜共患传播和避免使用的药物的问题上正确回答率较高。然而，学生在询问潜伏期和传染程度得分的问题上表现出较低的知识水平。一些因素与学生的知识水平有关，包括学习领域和学年。很少有学生将教师作为感染信息的主要来源，大多数学生依赖自学和社交网络。
本研究结果清楚地表明，药学和药学博士学生对 COVID-19 的知识水平和信息需求都令人不满意。应该做出更多努力来教育药学学生有关 COVID-19 的知识，强调大学需要更积极地发挥作用来实现这一目标。
