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Article: Knowledge of the principles of judicious antibiotic use for upper respiratory infections: a survey of senior medical students.(Original Article)
- Article from:
- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Objective: Senior medical students (n = 2,433) from 21 accredited medical schools in New England and the mid-Atlantic states were surveyed to evaluate their knowledge of and compliance with principles of judicious antimicrobial use, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and others.
Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire with six vignettes on the clinical management of different upper respiratory tract infections was used. Compliance was calculated by using an ordinal response scale (1 to 4) for each question on the six vignettes.
Results: The adjusted response rate was 46%. More than 47% of the respondents had read none of the ...