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Background: Resident doctors should consider adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting as their professional obligation and should be aware of the existing pharmacovigilance mechanisms in their countries. In India, pharmacovigilance implementation is essential due to the absence of a vibrant ADR monitoring system. The present study primary objective was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the postgraduate students towards pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting in GMC, Bhopal as they observe and attend to the patients round the clock while the patient is admitted in the hospital.Methods: A cross-sectional-observational study was carried out using a pretested questionnaire having 17 questions in all. Data was compiled, entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed by descriptive statistics.Results: A total of 127 duly filled responses were analysed. Study shows ADR is necessary and Pharmacovigilance should be taught in detail to postgraduate students is an important finding from our study. In this study there was also a wide gap between the ADR experienced in professional practice (71%) and ADR reported (23%).Conclusions: In our present study, the average knowledge score was 64% in contrast to 32% residents who didn’t answered correctly. Though majority (87%) of the residents had a positive attitude towards awareness about Pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting, however in clinical scenario even as ADR reporting was considered to be important by a large majority of the participants, the actual practices of ADR reporting was very low.
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Background: Students favthisteaching methods employing combination of audio visual aids and blackboard teaching over didactic lectures not using these aids. Different methods of lecture are-blackboard teaching, power point presentations (PPT) and mix of aids. This study was primarily done to know the students’ attitude and preferences regarding the lectures using PowerPoint (PPT) presentations and the traditional ‘black-board teaching’ method with an aim to improve the quality of didactic lectures in pharmacology by their appropriate use in further teaching – learning process, with an aim to improve their use in didactic lectures.Methods: A questionnaire-based observational study (annexure-1) observational study was conducted among all the medical students of 4th semester MBBS attending theory classes in the department of Pharmacology in Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal.Results: In this study, as a whole Majority 68 % (42 students) of students preferred mix of aids as teaching method over blackboard and power point. Sixty two students participated in the study out of which 58% (36) were male and students 42% (26) were female. Students told that the lectures using mix of aids were well organized and the lecture contents were well informative. As far as matter of suggestions is concerned 46 (74.2 %) students gave suggestions to improve teaching methods. As compared to blackboard the lectures taken on PowerPoint were clearly visible and well audible to all the students of the classroom..Conclusions: This study demonstrates that lectures delivered by using a mixture of audio visual aids are more appreciated by the students over blackboard teaching and power-point teaching individually. For further improving their lectures, if possible teachers should plan to implement feasible student suggestions by using a combination of audio visual aids.