Effect of webinar based teaching module on adverse drug reactions reporting by the medical undergraduates: An Quincy experiment
Abstract
The main hurdle to spontaneous reporting is underreporting of adverse drug reactions. If the medical students are sensitized in their early training period about the adverse drug reaction reporting, this problem could be solved completely. This present study was conducted to find out the effectively of training the medical students about filling the adverse drug reactions reporting through emodules. This study was done on second year medical undergraduates. These students were trained to fill the adverse drug reaction form by e-modules and they were then given one month duration to collect the adverse drug reactions in patients receiving DOTS therapy at their institution. They were ask to fill and submit the adverse drug reactions reports from their respective colleges. All the collected forms by the students were then mailed to adverse drug reaction monitoring center at SMS Medical College to assess the quality. A total of 50 students from different government medical colleges of Rajasthan volunteered to participate in this study. In duration of one month 130 adverse drug forms were collected. Out of which 116 adverse effects (89.23%) were reported accurately. So it can be concluded that considerably valuable and clinically relevant adverse drug reactions were reported by the students. If medical undergraduates’ are exposed to adverse drug reactions reporting early in their training then pharmacovigilance program can achieved milestones.
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Introduction
The Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI) was initiated by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, New Delhi, under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in July 2010 to ensure spontaneous reporting of the adverse drug reactions by the health care professionals.1 Although this program is running smoothly in our country still the problem of underreporting continues to prevail. The reporting quality is also not up to mark.2,3 In the light of above scenario it is crucial to train our undergraduates in reporting of adverse drug reactions as they will be future prescribers.
The medical undergraduates are being taught extensively about adverse drug reactions in their pharmacology curriculum through lectures, practical’s, and tutorials. However this type of training deprives them from the real skills for detection of ADRs, critical evaluation of the cause, and monitoring.
Conclusion
This present study concluded that training the medical students on ADR reporting skills was effective using the e-module as the performance of students in reporting adverse effects was appreciable. Educating MBBS students will produce health-care professionals competent in pharmacovigilance.