Table 1 Percentage of responses (n = 75) to the closed-ended rank scaling questions in the appraisal of the RUM knowledge by former students of the discipline

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