nowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Medical Students

Background: the most common types of medical error are medication errors (mes) which defined as any preventable event that may be caused by an inappropriate medication usage and lead to an adverse drug reaction (adr) event in patients. in recent years, different approaches have been proposed to reduce mes, one of which is reported adrs. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of medical students towards mes and adrs reporting. methods: the study population was 40 students of fourth-year of medicine. the validated 12-item questionnaire included subsequently 4 questions, 5 items and the final 3 questions related to the knowledge, attitude, and practice that was given to each participant before and after of the interactive workshop. results: demographic features of the participants have no significant difference. mean of age participants was 23.18 years and 23 of the students were female. medicine students had a poor kap towards mes. only 8% of respondents had general knowledge about mes and 50% of students believed mes are inevitable events, less than 20% of them were acquainted with 5 rules of prescribing. students had good knowledge and attitude, but poor practice towards adrs reporting. 55% of participants were aware of their responsibility of adrs reporting, but only 5% of respondents were acquainted with adrs the reporting method and the adr center in the hospitals. conclusion: the educational intervention, alteration in medical student’s curriculum, and hold the interactive clerkship for health care professionals can improve the kap towards adrs reporting and diminish of the preventable medication errors.