|  | Public university (n = 123) [%] | Private university (n = 53) [%] |  | ||||
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Domain | Item | Too little | About right | Too much | Too little | About right | Too much | p-value |
Undergraduate learning opportunities | 1. Lectures on the basic pharmacology of drugs | 10.6 | 83.7 | 5.7 | 42.6 | 51.9 | 5.6 | <0.001* |
2. Lectures on the use of drugs in clinical practice | 50.4 | 49.6 | 0 | 72.2 | 25.9 | 1.9 | 0.006* | |
3. Small group tutorials about drugs and prescribing | 72.4 | 26.8 | 0.8 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.024* | |
4. Problem based learning about drugs | 73.2 | 24.4 | 2.4 | 75.9 | 24.1 | 0 | 0.507 | |
5. Workshops on prescribing issues | 74.6 | 24.6 | 0.8 | 85.2 | 14.8 | 0 | 0.267 | |
6. Electronic learning opportunities | 68.6 | 27.3 | 4.1 | 65.4 | 34.6 | 0 | 0.238 | |
 |  | 0–5 times | 6–10 times | >10 times | 0–5 times | 6–10 times | >10 times |  |
Hands-on clinical skills practice | 7. Write up a hospital drug cardex | 90.2 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 84.9 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 0.314 |
8. A teaching session on calculating drug doses | 92.7 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 85.2 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 0.213 | |
9. Set up a drug infusion pump | 92.7 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 92.6 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.785 | |
10. Prepare and give a parenteral drug injection | 20.3 | 9.8 | 69.9 | 68.5 | 20.4 | 11.1 | <0.001* | |
11. Set up and give a bag of intravenous fluid | 60.2 | 22.8 | 17.1 | 54.7 | 18.9 | 26.4 | 0.355 | |
 |  | Never or yearly | Monthly | Weekly or daily | Never or yearly | Monthly | Weekly or daily |  |
Information gathering behaviour | 12. Web based resources | 56.6 | 27.9 | 15.6 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 44.4 | <0.001* |
13. Online medical school resources | 48.8 | 35.8 | 15.4 | 33.3 | 31.5 | 35.2 | 0.011* | |
14. Your own textbook | 5.7 | 48.0 | 46.3 | 9.3 | 24.1 | 66.7 | 0.012* | |
15. Your own BNF or equivalent | 41.3 | 28.4 | 30.3 | 17.0 | 30.2 | 52.8 | 0.004* | |
16. Library resources | 82.1 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 31.4 | 33.3 | 35.3 | <0.001* | |
 | Factors | Strongly disagree/disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree/ strongly agree | Strongly disagree/ disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree/ strongly agree |  |
Factors affecting prescribing skills | 17. No lecture or formal teaching on prescribing drugs | 39.0 | 41.5 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 48.1 | 31.5 | 0.036* |
18. Amount of knowledge on drugs needed to be learnt is too much during each clinical posting | 39.3 | 32.0 | 28.7 | 33.3 | 31.5 | 35.2 | 0.645 | |
19. Will not be questioned on prescribing drugs in the final examination | 60.7 | 25.4 | 13.9 | 70.4 | 22.2 | 7.4 | 0.359 | |
20. Many clinical teachers do not explain about their rationale for their choice of drugs prescribed | 30.3 | 40.2 | 29.5 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 18.5 | 0.230 | |
21. Not enough of reinforcement of pharmacology knowledge in the clinical years | 12.3 | 50.0 | 37.7 | 20.8 | 41.5 | 37.7 | 0.310 | |
22. Not necessary for me to know how to prescribe drugs before graduation | 62.6 | 26.0 | 11.4 | 72.2 | 22.2 | 5.6 | 0.355 | |
23. Lack of consensus among clinical teachers on drug prescribing | 25.2 | 62.6 | 12.2 | 26.4 | 54.7 | 18.9 | 0.457 | |
24. Preclinical learning on pharmacology didn’t have enough clinical relevance | 26.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 27.8 | 37.0 | 35.2 | 0.889 | |
25. No actual practice, experience or emphasis on prescribing in clinical years | 10.6 | 43.1 | 46.3 | 22.2 | 42.6 | 35.2 | 0.095 | |
26. Limited exposure to information that can help in making rational drug choice | 40.7 | 43.9 | 15.4 | 31.5 | 46.3 | 22.2 | 0.394 |