FEATURES OF STUDENTS INTELLIGENCE OF PROBLEMS OF PREVENTION OF WIRELESS TRANSMISSIBLE NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFECTIONS

Abstract

The aim of the work.  A study of the level of knowledge of full-time student-pharmacists in relation to the possibility of providing pharmaceutical assistance on the prevention of pathogenic infections of dangerous transmissible infectious diseases, which carriers are ixodic ticks (IM).

Materials and Methods. For the collection of primary data, an on-the-spot questionnaire with open-ended questions was used. 443 questionnaires were received, of which 429 qualitatively completed questionnaires were selected and processed. The statistical analysis of the marginal error of the particle was conducted using the Microsoft Office table processor.

 Results and Discussion. It has been established that, according to more than three-fourths of the students, the immune system is primarily a carrier of pathogens of tick-borne encephalitis. However, slightly less than one third of the respondents indicated in their responses that inflammatory agents are scabies, although this disease is caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. About three-fourths of students believed that in order to prevent bite of IM it is advisable to dress in light monotonous, long-sleeved, tight-fitting clothes. More than half of the respondents highlighted the importance of regular self and mutual examinations, and more than one-fifth – the use of repellent as a chemical protection means. However, the use of complex protection measures was characteristic only for more than a fifth of respondents. Two-fifths of the students correctly pointed out the relevance of the vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis. However, all of the interviewed subjects misdiagnosed other vaccine-related illnesses. All students without exception were not familiar with the possible places of localization of the IM. More than twenty students, who have encountered bite infections, have removed them with their fingers, which is strictly prohibited. Less than two- thirds of students used a combined method of removing the IM. The results of studying the curriculum have shown that students-pharmacists throughout the educational process do not study the issue of preventing infectious agents from dangerous transmissible infectious diseases, the carriers of which are IM.

 Conclusions. By means of interviewing 429 full-time studying students-pharmacists of the I-V years, an inadequate level of their knowledge regarding the provision of pharmaceutical assistance on the prevention of the transmission of dangerous transmissible infectious diseases, the carriers of which is IM, was shown. Taking into account the autonomy of higher education institutions and the lack of an epidemiology course in the preparation of masters of pharmacy, it is important to make changes in the curricula of pharmaceutical universities, focusing on diseases caused by IM as well as on individual non-specific means of prevention from these infections, in particular in pharmaceutical assortment.