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PEREZ O, Luis E  y  AGUILAR, María B. Level of Information on Pharmacovigilance in Students from the Medicine and Pharmacy Schools at Central University of Venezuela in the year 2011. INHRR [online]. 2014, vol.45, n.1, pp.165-190. ISSN 0798-0477.

A cross-sectional descriptive research was performed to assess the degree of information on Pharmacovigilance in the 4^th and 5^th year students from Pharmacy and Medicine Schools of Central University of Venezuela during the June-July 2011 period.The utilized instrument was a questionnaire divided in three sections: the first section containing 3 questions of opinion, the second one had eight general knowledge questions and the third section with two questions of particular interest. We applied a previously validated Test to 73 students from Pharmacy School of UCV, (including 38 and 35 students studying at 4th and 5th year respectively), and to 212 students from the Medicine School of UCV, (101 studiyng at the 4th year and 111 studying at the 5th year).  The analysis was descriptive. The results showed that the 4th year students of the Medicine School, adquired the highest percentage of information level (16 - 20 pts), equivalent to a 43.56%. The 4th year students of Pharmacy School, with  a 63,15%, the highest in percentage, obtained  an average information level (11 -15 pts) and the highest percentage who earned a low level of information (6 - 10 pts) was represented by students of 5th year with 36,04 % , which resulted in recommendations for the development of a proposed agenda for pharmacovigilance, to be included as a subject in the curriculum of the last year of racing surveyed, in order to supply the knowledge necessary for future professional practice.

Palabras clave : Pharmacovigilance; Program; Medical curricula; study programs Pharmacy; Knowledge Pharmacovigilance.

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