Department of Endodontics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Department of Dental Public Health and Policy, Oral Health Research Core, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2021 Mar;85(3):383-391. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12445. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
This study examined knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and awareness regarding antibiotic use among students and academic faculty in US dental schools.
Two questionnaires, 1 for third-year/fourth-year dental students and the other for academic deans/department chairs were administered electronically. Questions on demographics, antibiotic knowledge, educational formats, and the role of dentistry in antibiotic stewardship were included. Knowledge about antibiotics and antibiotics stewardship was compared between third-year and fourth-year students and between students and academic faculty using t-test and chi-squared test at 0.05 significance level.
A total of 18 responses on the academic dean and department chair survey and 172 responses on the dental student survey were collected. Overall, 71% of students reported that they could benefit from more education regarding antibiotics. Both faculty and students agreed that dentistry should play an important role in reducing antimicrobial resistance, but most dental students were "not at all familiar" with the term antimicrobial stewardship and several (32%) were unsure if clinical guidelines were present at their schools.
Improvements to the dental educational curriculum regarding the responsible use of antibiotics, along with the implementation of stewardship programs within dentistry are strongly encouraged.
本研究调查了美国牙科学校的学生和学术教师对抗生素使用的知识、态度、看法和意识。
通过电子方式向三/四年级牙科学生和学术院长/系主任发放了两份问卷。问卷内容包括人口统计学、抗生素知识、教育形式以及牙科在抗生素管理中的作用等问题。使用 t 检验和卡方检验比较了三/四年级学生以及学生和学术教师之间对抗生素和抗生素管理的知识差异，检验水平为 0.05。
共收到学术院长和系主任调查的 18 份回复和牙科学生调查的 172 份回复。总体而言，71%的学生表示他们可以从更多的抗生素教育中受益。教师和学生都认为牙科应该在减少抗菌药物耐药性方面发挥重要作用，但大多数牙科学生对“抗菌药物管理”一词“不太熟悉”，并且有几名（32%）学生不确定他们的学校是否有临床指南。
强烈鼓励改进牙科教育课程，使其涵盖抗生素的合理使用，并在牙科领域实施管理计划。
