From: Teaching the Rational Use of Medicinesto medical students: a qualitative research
Statement | A (%) | ST (%) | R (%) | N (%) | IDR(%) |
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The knowledge obtained on RUM was important to my medical practice | 38.7 | 48 | 9.3 | 0 | 4 |
The content of the discipline was remembered in both other disciplines and discussion groups. | 4 | 44 | 37.3 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
I have been stimulated by professors and medical residents to practice the RUM in my daily academic activities | 18.7 | 34.7 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 |
When I select medicines I follow the RUM principles (efficacy, safety, convenience and cost) | 54.7 | 32 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 |
I seek information on medicines in non-commercial sources (text-books, scientific articles, non-commercial sites, etc.) | 38.7 | 37.3 | 18.7 | 5.3 | 0 |
Teachers have been my main source of information on medicines | 16 | 69.3 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
When I make a prescription I am stimulated by professors and residents to use the generic name of the medicines | 44 | 26.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 2.7 |
When I make a prescription I am stimulated by professors and medical residents to avoid abbreviations | 17.3 | 20 | 41.3 | 20 | 1.3 |
My prescriptions have a legible handwriting | 88 | 9.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
I have been stimulated to know the side effects and interactions of the medicines I prescribe | 13.3 | 50.7 | 28 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
I have been stimulated to completely know the posology of the medicines I prescribe | 14.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 16 | 2.7 |
Professors utilize the RUM principles in their practice | 10.7 | 52 | 28 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
I have used the Brazilian Essential Medicines List for selecting medicines | 8 | 10.7 | 22.7 | 57.3 | 1.3 |
The prescription of medicines in our hospital is influenced by information given by the pharmaceutical industries | 4 | 37.3 | 29.3 | 16 | 10.7 |
I use to accept gifts from the pharmaceutical industries | 32 | 20 | 13.3 | 28 | 6.6 |
It is easy to discuss a rational prescription in our hospital | 6.7 | 40 | 41.3 | 4 | 8 |
I feel the conflict between what I learned on RUM and the medical practice in our hospital | 20 | 60 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 1.3 |