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Knowledge of pharmacy students about doping, and the need for doping education: a questionnaire survey
| العنوان: | Knowledge of pharmacy students about doping, and the need for doping education: a questionnaire survey |
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| المؤلفون: | Keita Shibata, Koichi Ichikawa, Naomi Kurata |
| المصدر: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Science (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pharmacy students recognition, Sports pharmacist, Doping, Education, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Science (General), Q1-390 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background Anti-doping activities are carried out on a global scale. Based on these activities, the specialty of “sports pharmacist,” which entails a deeper comprehension of doping, use of supplements, and appropriate drug use for athletes, was established in 2009 in Japan. It is difficult to say whether the education on doping is adequate for pharmacy students who will be eligible to become sports pharmacists. It is also unclear how well these students understand doping. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate pharmacy students’ current knowledge of appropriate drug use, doping and use of supplements, and to explore the need for further education on these topics. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted from July 3rd to August 2nd in 2014 at Showa University in Japan. A total of 406 respondents (2nd- to 6th-year students) were assessed as eligible. Group comparison was used to compare those who had attended a lecture about doping and those who had not. Results Most of the students only knew the word doping and had not attended a lecture on the subject, but 72% of them expressed a desire to attend one. Over half did not know that the most common doping violation in Japan is unintentional doping, and were unfamiliar with certain past cases of doping. In addition, 41% did not know that over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements might contain prohibited substances, and 87% were unaware that names of prohibited substances might not appear on the ingredient labels of dietary supplements. In contrast, attending a lecture on doping was effective in facilitating the acquisition of all these types of knowledge. Conclusions It is important to provide more opportunities for appropriate education of pharmacy students on the topic of doping, given that interest exists and attending a lecture on the topic appears to be useful. More education about doping for pharmacy students would be as effective for anti-doping activities as is education of athletes. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1756-0500 |
| Relation: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2713-7; https://doaj.org/toc/1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-017-2713-7 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/aa466611a86d49f6ba4e532584a332bd |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.466611a86d49f6ba4e532584a332bd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 17560500 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-017-2713-7 |