?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Comparison+of+the+Knowledge+in+Core+Policies+of+Essential+Drug+List+Among+Medical+Practitioners+and+Medical+Students+in+Galle%2C+Sri+Lanka&rft.creator=Hettihewa%2C+LM&rft.creator=Jayarathna%2C+KAKT&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Selection+of+the+best+and+safest+medicine+should+be+one+of+the+national+economic+policies+in+a+country+for+good+health+care+services.+Introduction+of+detailed+module+in+rational+use+of+medicine+(RUM)+to+pharmacology+syllabus+needed+prior+analysis+of+the+existing+knowledge+among+health+care+workers.+Therefore+we+assessed+the+knowledge+and+attitudes+of+essential+drug+list+(EDL)+on+medical+practitioners+(MPs)+and+medical+students+(MSs).+Forty+two+MPs+and+120+MSs+from+hospital+and+Faculty+of+Medicine+were+given+a+pretested+structured+questionnaire+related+to+core+policies+of+EDL%2C+contents%2C+criteria+for+selection+and+time+frame+for+revision+in+RUM.+Our+study+showed+that+only+29%25+of+MPs+were+confident+about+their+knowledge+in+EDL+and+17%25+of+them+had+marked+it+as+don%E2%80%99t+know.+Study+was+expanded+for+quantitative+analysis+of+the+knowledge+on+the+core+policies+of+EDL+on+them.+Knowledge+on+contents%2C+criteria+for+selection+and+the+time+frame+for+revision+of+EDL+were+63%25%2C+83%25+and+17%25+in+MPs.+Of+MSs%2C+87%25++had+sound+knowledge+in+core+contents%2C+32%25+in+criteria+for+selection+and+only+50%25+of+MSs+were+aware+about+the+correct+time+frame+of+revision+of+EDL.+Knowledge+in+contents+of+EDL+was+higher+in+MSs+(87%25)+than+MPs(63%26).+MPs+were+not+aware+about+EDL+preparing+criteria+such+as+inclusion+of+generic+names%2C+common+ailment%2C+majority+ailments+of+the+people+(59%25%2C+56%25+and+56%25+respectively).+In+contrast%2C+MSs+had+%3E+93%25+of+the+knowledge+in+all+three+areas.+However+MSs+had+poorer+knowledge+(32%25)+in+criteria+for+selection+of+EDL+than+MPs+(83%25).+Knowledge+in+time+frame+for+revision+of+EDL+was+17%25+in+MPs+and+50%25+in+MSs.+We+found+that+MPs+in+the+service+were+not+convinced+about+their+knowledge+in+EDL.+Deficiency+was+significant+in+the+core+contents+of+the+EDL+preparation.+Therefore+we+suggest+that+MPs+need+repetitive+in-service+training+programme+for+practicing+of+RUM+in+the+national+health+facilities.+We+need+to+reiterative+programme+in+the+core+curriculum+regarding+the+criteria+for+EDL+selection.+Though+MSs+had+good+knowledge+in+content+of+EDL%2C+they+are+poor+in+criteria+for+selection+and+time+frame+for+revision.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-10-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7111%2F1%2F2010-3-7.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hettihewa%2C+LM+and+Jayarathna%2C+KAKT++(2010)+Comparison+of+the+Knowledge+in+Core+Policies+of+Essential+Drug+List+Among+Medical+Practitioners+and+Medical+Students+in+Galle%2C+Sri+Lanka.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7111%2F