Apoorva Goenka, Suneel Mundkur, Sachin Sujir Nayak, Avinash Shetty, Jibu Thomas, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Varalakshmi Chandra Sekaran, Brayal Dsouza
Improving the emergency services using quality improvement project and Donabedian model in a quaternary teaching hospital in South India
BMJ open quality
numeracy branch mathematics involved understanding basic calculations quantitation estimation reasoning execution multistep operations imperative pharmacists understand apply numeracy skills routine work interest profession patient care observational study designed assess pharmacy students perceptions numeracy prospective observational study conducted department pharmacy king saud university kingdom saudi arabia december 2021 february 2022 enrolled subjects pursued 5year pharma degree course university using 9item instrument accessed perception students toward numeracy data analyzed using statistical software statistical package social science spss version 260 spss inc chicago il usa chisquare fishers exact test used derive association various parameters study subjects pvalue 005 taken statistically significant total 550 pharmacy students approached study 21 38 students excluded due incompleteness responses thereupon 529 students included study learned almost 900 students excellent andor good mathematical ability time frequent users calculators students endorsed importance numeracy showed interest attaining knowledge numeracy similarly rating perceptions mathematical ability significantly associated frequency use calculator calculations p 00001 pharmacy students showed interest numeracy correspondingly showed excellent perceptions toward mathematical ability although role numeracy well accepted inciting changes teachinglearning practices mathematically focused teaching approaches throughout pharmacy program increase applicability healthcare