To Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among the Undergraduate Medical Students and Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Assam: A Questionnaire-Based study

Background: The Pharmacovigilance Program of India relies on spontaneous voluntary adverse drug reaction(ADR) reporting to work effectively. The goal of Pharmacovigilance is to ensure the safe and reasonable use ofmedicines once they have been approved for general use in society. The key to ensuring that adverse drugreactions (ADRs) are reported in clinical practice is to target younger physicians for Pharmacovigilancesensitization. The objectives of this study are to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) ofPharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among the undergraduate medical students and nursingstaff in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Assam: a questionnaire-based study.Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using a pretested questionnaire. Thequestionnaire was designed to assess the KAP regarding Pharmacovigilance. The undergraduate medicalstudents and nursing staff were included in the study. Only the participants who gave their consent wereincluded in the study. Results were calculated by proper statistical analysis.Results: The current study was conducted in Diphu Medical College & Hospital, Diphu, Assam, which includeda total of 368 participants of which 328 are medical students (40 from 1st year, 84 from 2nd year, 88 from 3rdyear, 116 from 4th year) & 40 are Nursing staff. Most of them accepted that reporting ADR is necessary, andPharmacovigilance should be taught in detail to health-care professionals & nursing staff.Conclusions: This study showed that medical student's and nursing staff's understanding of Pharmacovigilanceis steadily increasing. Pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting should be made mandatory, and education shouldbe improved and made more engaging so that students can confidently apply it in their clinical practice.