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Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs. However, many physicians have insufficient antibiotic prescribing skills. Further, antibiotics are often prescribed by young physicians without supervision by an experienced clinician. These factors result in mis- and overuse of antibiotics, which promotes antibiotic resistance. Two recent investigations shed some light on how well medical students feel prepared to prescribe antibiotics and which measures might improve physician knowledge about antibiotic use.
Dyar and colleagues invited European medical students to voluntarily participate in a web-based questionnaire on prudent antibiotic use. Among the 7328 participants from 179 medical schools in 29 European countries, 37% declared…