Zubair Khalid labu, Md.Harun-or-Rashid, Md. Samiul Basir
The practice of traditional medicine in Bangladesh has flourished tremendously in the recent years along with that of modern medicine. Different forms of Traditional medicines (TM) are being used in this country as an essential means of treatment of diseases and management of various health problems from time immemorial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, perception and awareness on TM usage of pharmacy students of World University of Bangladesh (WUB). The study was done on 91 pharmacy students covering all year of study (year 1 - 4). The questionnaires (which were article related) were distributed accordingly among four different years of study. Finally 79 pharmacy students completed the survey form (questionnaires). Overall, the final year students responded well in all three sections of knowledge, perception and attitude and obtained the highest mean score in all the categories. Among the three sections, perception showed the highest overall mean (7.18) along with moderate mean for knowledge (5.47) and attitude (5.38).Into the bargain, 39.7% (agree) and 15.5% (strongly agree) of students are interested in taking TM course. Pharmacy students in WUB have a limited knowledge on TM but a positive approach on perception and attitude towards TM.
