Brigida S
Department of Pharmacology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chrompet, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IndiaPublications
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Research
An Appraisal about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Fixed Dose Combinations among Medical Students and Resident Doctors at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Author(s): Brigida S*, Soujania, Arul Amutha Elizabeth and Poornima
Awareness is the key for any ignorance. Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) are preferred by physicians as well as patients. Physician choice being favourable patient compliance and patient’s choice being a smaller number of pill purport. Knowledge on prescribing FDCs rationally is a skill which needs to be practised from the start of medical curriculum that is second year MBBS students and during internship. CRRIs, junior and senior resident doctors were the key persons facing the task of managing patients at tertiary care hospitals. Even for the second-year students it is a basic stone to step up in the knowledge ladder about prescription of FDCs. Hence this study is of most significant step which throws light in knowing their knowledge about the available, approved FDCs and its rationale behind FDC prescription. To appraise knowledge, attitude, and prescribing practice, of FDCs am.. Read More»