|
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
|
