Positive Attitude Towards Personal Drug Selection among Undergraduate Medical Students of a Medical College.

INTRODUCTION: Personal drug exercise helps in the selection of drugs depending on the criteria- safety, efficacy, suitability and cost. Undergraduate medical students are the future practitioners-in-training and should focus more on rational prescribing. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of positive attitudes towards personal drug selection among undergraduate medical students of a medical college.

METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among second and third-year medical students after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee. Data was collected from 1 December 2022 to 30 May 2023. A convenience sampling method was used. The point estimate was calculated at a 95% Confidence Interval.

RESULTS: Among 132 medical students, 126 (95.45%) (91.90-99.01, 95% Confidence Interval) of the students showed a positive attitude toward P-drug selection.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of positive attitudes towards P-drug selection among medical students was found to be similar to other studies done in similar settings.

KEYWORDS: medical students; medicine; perception; prevalence.