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Original Research

Antibiotic prescribing and resistance: knowledge level of medical students of clinical years of University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia

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Pages 413-426 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

Figures & data

Table 1 Demography of study population (n=142)

Table 2 Levels of confidence in different areas of antibiotic prescribing (n=142)

Table 3 Comparison among Year III, IV, and V in levels of confidence of antibiotic prescribing

Table 4 Comparison between sexes in levels of confidence of antibiotic prescribing

Figure 1 Questions on training in antibiotic prescribing.

Figure 1 Questions on training in antibiotic prescribing.

Figure 2 Students’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance.

Figure 2 Students’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance.

Figure 3 Knowledge of students that may shape perceptions of antimicrobial resistance.

Abbreviations: EU, European Union; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; TB, tuberculosis.
Figure 3 Knowledge of students that may shape perceptions of antimicrobial resistance.

Figure 4 Knowledge of proportion of all clinical antibiotic usage.

Figure 4 Knowledge of proportion of all clinical antibiotic usage.

Table 5 Perceptions of the importance of potential contributors to antibiotic resistance (n=142)

Table 6 Comparison among Year III, IV, and V in levels of contributors to resistance

Table 7 Comparison between sexes on their view regarding contributors to resistance

Figure 5 New classes of antibiotics that students think became clinically available at years 1980–2011 and 2011–2020.

Figure 5 New classes of antibiotics that students think became clinically available at years 1980–2011 and 2011–2020.

Figure 6 Student’s perception of death from road traffic accidents and lung cancer compared with death due to bacterial resistance to antimicrobials.

Abbreviation: RTA, road traffic accident.
Figure 6 Student’s perception of death from road traffic accidents and lung cancer compared with death due to bacterial resistance to antimicrobials.