EVALUATION AND ATTITUDE OF PHARMACY STUDENTS TOWARDS DRUG INFORMATION COURSES

Objective:Assessment of the pharmacy students’ opinions and attitudes towards the drug and
poison information courses at college of pharmacy, King Saud University.
Method: Self-administered questionnaire containing 12 items was distributed to 43 pharmacy
students at college of pharmacy, King Saud University at Riyadh City, year 2007 about their
evaluation and attitudes towards drug information courses.
Results: all respondents agreed that the drug information courses are useful and their skills in
searching various drug information resources were increased after they finished the courses.
Conclusion: The attitude and evaluation of the students for drug information courses that had
been taught to them was good, but there is need for further studying this subject by exploring
the opinion of graduate pharmacists in the work field.