Preparedness to prescribe antibiotics responsibly: a comparison between final year medical students in France and Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Students should graduate from medical school feeling prepared to prescribe antibiotics responsibly. We assessed self-reported preparedness among students at medical schools in Europe, and we focus here on the results from students in Sweden and France, countries with wide differences in the intensity of antibiotic consumption and burden of antibiotic resistance. We conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey in 2015, based on a comprehensive set of topics related to prudent antibiotic use. All final year students at a medical school in France or Sweden were eligible to participate. Preparedness scores were calculated for each student, and mean scores were compared at medical school and country levels. Comparisons were also made on availability of teaching methods. We received responses fr

SUBMITTER: Dyar OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425071 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature