Change in the Perception of Oral Antibiotics Among Medical Students After Participating in a Parenteral-to-Oral Conversion Program for Highly Bioavailable Antibiotics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appropriate conversion of antibiotics from a parenteral to the oral route can lower the risk of catheter-associated infections, reduce medical costs, and shorten hospitalization. This study investigated the effect of a parenteral-to-oral conversion program for highly bioavailable antibiotics on the perceptions of medical students regarding oral antibiotics.

Methods

In 2021, the parenteral-to-oral conversion program was implemented as one of the activities of an antimicrobial stewardship program at a tertiary-care hospital in South Korea. This program was also implemented for fifth-year medical students in the hospital's infectious diseases department as a core clinical practice course. Medical students reviewed the medical records of patients taking antibiotics wi

SUBMITTER: Jang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9636852 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature