Knowledge, barriers, attitude, perception, and ability of public and private institution graduating pharmacy students toward deprescribing and polypharmacy: a cross-sectional survey study in Northwest Ethiopia.
| Title: | Knowledge, barriers, attitude, perception, and ability of public and private institution graduating pharmacy students toward deprescribing and polypharmacy: a cross-sectional survey study in Northwest Ethiopia. |
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| Authors: | Alemu MA; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia. muladal1234@gmail.com.; Ferede YA; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Assefa AN; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Birru EM; Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Bentley, Western, Australia.; Mengesha AK; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, PO Box +196, Gondar, Ethiopia.; Yazie TS; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Desta GT; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Yiblet TG; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Tadesse TY; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.; Zewudu WS; Pharmacy Education and Service Directorate, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box +272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia. |
| Source: | BMC medical education [BMC Med Educ] 2025 Oct 27; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 1504. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Oct 27. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088679 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6920 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726920 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Med Educ Subsets: MEDLINE; In Process |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval of the study was obtained from Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Debre Tabor University with approval number of MA07/2024. Written informed consent was asked to every study participant and only who were comfortable were included in the study. The data obtained from the study is kept confidential and used solely for this study. Our study is in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Consent for publication: Not Applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Attitude; Deprescribing; Knowledge; Polypharmacy |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251028 Latest Revision: 20251030 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12560386 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12909-025-08106-6 |
| PMID: | 41146157 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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