Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmaceutical Students Around Selfmedication, Common Medicines and Dpic

Objective: the aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of pharmaceutical students around self-medication, common medicines and drug and poison information center (dpic) for the first time. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 204 pharmaceutical students. data were collected using questionnaire including socio-demographic questions, general and specialized information about drugs, dpic, and drugs side effects. all analysis conducted using the spss 16.0 software. results: of the total 204 participants, 93(45.6%) respondents were males and 111(54.4%) of them were females by the mean age of 22.05 (±1.5). more than half of the respondents (52%) had no information about dpic and its functions. approximately 44% of students have a consultation with a pharmacist for drug use. averagely, only 39.88% of students had suitable drugs information. significant relationship was observed between age and medicine consultation (p = 0.025). conclusion: this study showed that the pharmaceutical students had a poor knowledge about the prevalence of using different drugs and dpic’s functions. country's medical system is still facing the problem of uncontrolled usage and also a lack of knowledge, so it is recommended to perform comprehensive studies for finding factors that effect on students’ awareness to improve their academic performance.