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LOGISTIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE PERCEPTION OF PHARMACY STUDENTS TOWARDS MEDICINE

MARIA DORINA PAŞCA¹, GABRIEL HANCU^2*, RUXANDRA SOARE², MONICA BUDAU², AURA RUSU²

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The present paper aims to highlight some particular aspects of pharmacy students training, focusing on the pharmacy students’ attitude towards medicine, through cognitive and perceptive construction. The existence of such an attitude can lead to the implementation of new viable strategies towards education and self-education. A questionnaire-based survey was applied to pharmacy students of the Faculty of Pharmacy from Târgu Mureş, Romania, in 3 different stages of their academic development (students from the 1st year, the 3rd and the 5th year), to probe their perceptions and attitudes towards medicines, their use and value. The collected data was then processed and analysed and the responses interpreted usually in the sense that differences seen are not random, but are the expression of the influence of the educational system and academic gradual maturity on the student perspectives and perceptions. However, it is necessary for the pharmacy student to empower and acknowledge, the effect of various perspectives on medicine, highlighting the effects that occur at cognitive level, according to its educational status.