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ArticleJournal of medical education and curricular development

Improving Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Among Medical Students in India: The Sensitization of Medical Students on Antimicrobial Resistance (SOS-AMR) Study.

Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Lakshmi Ranganathan, Ramesh Venkataraman, Venkatasubramanian Ramasubramanian, Yamunadevi Ramanathan, Abarna Devi Sanmarkan, Prasanna Kartik, Manisha Arthur, Ramakrishnan Sr, Sarath Murali and 1 more

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi VijayaraghavanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-0667
Lakshmi RanganathanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, India.
Ramesh VenkataramanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, India.
Venkatasubramanian RamasubramanianDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals, India.
Yamunadevi RamanathanDepartment of Infection Control, Apollo Hospitals, India.
Abarna Devi SanmarkanDepartment of General Medicine, ESI Medical College, India.
Prasanna KartikDepartment of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, India.
Manisha ArthurDepartment of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, India.
Ramakrishnan SrDepartment of General Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, India.
Sarath MuraliMadras Medical College, Chennai, India.
Nagarajan RamakrishnanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, India.
Apollo Hospitals · INSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · INESIC Hospital · INMadras Medical College · INSaveetha University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the impact of an online educational intervention on improving knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and stewardship among final-year medical students in Chennai, India.

methodsThis was a prospective 'before-after' study conducted across 5 medical colleges in Chennai, India. Participants who were final-year (fourth year) undergraduate medical students were administered a pretest to evaluate baseline knowledge. Students were then provided access to online educational material comprising 20 short lectures. Lectures were delivered by content experts and covered a range of topics which included basics of microbiology, fundamental concepts in AMR and stewardship, diagnosis and management of common infections, basics of antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and vaccination. Students were required to take a posttest at the end of these modules. Primary outcome was improvement in test scores from pretest baseline which was analyzed using a

resultsA total of 599 students participated from 5 medical colleges among whom 339 (56.6%) were female participants; 542 (90.4%) students completed the posttest. Mean pretest score was 11.6 (maximum possible score of 25) (SD: 4.3) and the mean posttest score was 14.0 (SD: 4.6). Comparing pre and posttest scores, there was an improvement of 2.4 marks (20%) from the baseline (95% confidence interval: 1.9, 2.9) (

conclusionsIn this before-after study evaluating the impact of an educational intervention on AMR among final-year medical students, there was an improvement in knowledge; however, the extent of improvement did not meet the predefined metric of success.

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Antimicrobial resistanceeducational interventionmedical students

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PMCPMC10964439
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