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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Veterinary students' knowledge and perceptions about antimicrobial stewardship and biosecurity - a national survey |
Author: | Hardefeldt, L. Nielsen, T. Crabb, H. Gilkerson, J. Squires, R. Heller, J. Sharp, C. Cobbold, R. Norris, J. Browning, G. |
Citation: | Antibiotics, 2018; 7(2):34-1-34-15 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 2079-6382 2079-6382 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Laura Hardefeldt, Torben Nielsen, Helen Crabb, James Gilkerson, Richard Squires, Jane Heller, Claire Sharp, Rowland Cobbold, Jacqueline Norris and Glenn Browning |
Abstract: | A better understanding of veterinary students’ perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge about antimicrobial stewardship and biosecurity could facilitate more effective education of future veterinarians about these important issues. A multicenter cross-sectional study was performed by administering a questionnaire to veterinary students expected to graduate in 2017 or 2018 in all Australian veterinary schools. Four hundred and seventy-six of 1246 students (38%) completed the survey. Many students were unaware of the high importance of some veterinary drugs to human medicine, specifically enrofloxacin and cefovecin (59% and 47% of responses, respectively). Fewer than 10% of students would use appropriate personal protective equipment in scenarios suggestive of Q fever or psittacosis. Students expected to graduate in 2018 were more likely to select culture and susceptibility testing in companion animal cases (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.33–2.69, p < 0.001), and were more likely to appropriately avoid antimicrobials in large animal cases (OR 1.75, 95% CI 1.26–2.44, p = 0.001) than those expected to graduate in 2017. However, 2018 graduates were less likely to correctly identify the importance rating of veterinary antimicrobials for human health (OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.34–0.67, p < 0.001) than 2017 graduates. Students reported having a good knowledge of antimicrobial resistance, and combating resistance, but only 34% thought pharmacology teaching was adequate and only 20% said that teaching in lectures matched clinical teaching. Efforts need to be made to harmonize preclinical and clinical teaching, and greater emphasis is needed on appropriate biosecurity and antimicrobial stewardship. |
Keywords: | education antimicrobial resistance personal protective equipment antimicrobial stewardship antibiotic |
Description: | Published: 18 April 2018 |
Rights: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/antibiotics7020034 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1079625 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7020034 |
Appears in Collections: | Animal and Veterinary Sciences publications Aurora harvest 3 |
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