Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics

Introduction: Pharmacogenomics is a science that incorporates three different field of studies; pharmacology, medicine and genomics. It has been found out that, applying pharmacogenomics in clinical setting can help in improving patient outcome hence justifying the needs for this subject to be incor...

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Main Authors:	Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah, Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain, Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah, Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa, Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah, Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani
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Published:	2019
Subjects:	RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/3/ICPRP2019%20programme%20book.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/9/ID_218.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/14/poster_2_ICPRP.pdf

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spelling	iium-787792020-02-24T02:43:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/ Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents Introduction: Pharmacogenomics is a science that incorporates three different field of studies; pharmacology, medicine and genomics. It has been found out that, applying pharmacogenomics in clinical setting can help in improving patient outcome hence justifying the needs for this subject to be incorporated in the curriculum of a pharmacy program. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception regarding pharmacogenomics among final year pharmacy students. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, the respondents were given a set of validated questionnaires each, which consists of demographics, knowledge, attitude and perceptions domains. All final year students were recruited. Results: Out of 94 participants, only 73.4% had completed the survey. Based on the results of the survey, only about 26.1% respondents have high level of knowledge whereas 46.4% and 27.5% of the participants have medium and low level of knowledge respectively. It was observed that 63.8% students have positive attitude towards pharmacogenomics while 7.2% having negative attitude and the rest are intermediate. In addition, majority of the students have good perception on pharmacogenomics with 59.4% responses, followed by 37.7% for medium perception and only 2.9% have bad perception toward pharmacogenomics. Conclusion: The results showed low knowledge of the students on pharmacogenomics subject but with positive attitude and good perception towards enhancement of this field of study in the curriculum. 2019-10-20 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/3/ICPRP2019%20programme%20book.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/9/ID_218.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/14/poster_2_ICPRP.pdf Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah and Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain and Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah and Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa and Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah and Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani (2019) Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics. In: International Conference on Pharmaceutical Research and Pharmacy Practice cum 14th IIUM-MPS Pharmacy Scientific Conference (ICPRP 2019), 19-20th October 2019, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
description	Introduction: Pharmacogenomics is a science that incorporates three different field of studies; pharmacology, medicine and genomics. It has been found out that, applying pharmacogenomics in clinical setting can help in improving patient outcome hence justifying the needs for this subject to be incorporated in the curriculum of a pharmacy program. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception regarding pharmacogenomics among final year pharmacy students. Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, the respondents were given a set of validated questionnaires each, which consists of demographics, knowledge, attitude and perceptions domains. All final year students were recruited. Results: Out of 94 participants, only 73.4% had completed the survey. Based on the results of the survey, only about 26.1% respondents have high level of knowledge whereas 46.4% and 27.5% of the participants have medium and low level of knowledge respectively. It was observed that 63.8% students have positive attitude towards pharmacogenomics while 7.2% having negative attitude and the rest are intermediate. In addition, majority of the students have good perception on pharmacogenomics with 59.4% responses, followed by 37.7% for medium perception and only 2.9% have bad perception toward pharmacogenomics. Conclusion: The results showed low knowledge of the students on pharmacogenomics subject but with positive attitude and good perception towards enhancement of this field of study in the curriculum.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani
author_facet	Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah Ahmad Jahari, Zahriyatul Ain Zaman, Zaizal Khalidah Abdul Basir, Nurul Azzwa Masazlan, Siti Nadhirah Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani
author_sort	Zulkifli, Nurul Hamizah
title	Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at kulliyyah (faculty) of pharmacy iium on pharmacogenomics
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/3/ICPRP2019%20programme%20book.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/9/ID_218.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78779/14/poster_2_ICPRP.pdf
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Knowledge, attitude and perception of final year pharmacy students at Kulliyyah (faculty) of Pharmacy IIUM on pharmacogenomics

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