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Dr. P. Parthasarathi
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Dr. Mocherla Monica
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Dr. Koppula Yadav
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Dr. Abbas Irram
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Dr. Thallam Keerthi
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Dr. Poornima Kistigari 
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
Knowledge of prescribing basic drugs by interns
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Ok
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Ok
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Limiting basic drugs to ampicillin and diclofenac presciptions are quite inadequate. range of drugs should be increased.
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
This is not a controlled trial or study
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Method of sampling was not stated. total number of interns from which samples were pulled from was not stated. the number of interns that declined was also not stated.
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
Range of drugs should be expanded.
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
Ok with improvements
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Other Comments:
Are there no schools that teaches clinical pharmacology in their curriculum? interns from such schools should be compared to schools that do not teach clinical pharmacology to butress the claim of desirabilty of teaching of clinical pharmacology in dental schools.
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
Yes
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References:
Pattern of treatment of Typhoid fever among private medical practitioners in Port Harcourt Nigeria
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I am a medical practitioner and a Professor of Pharmacology
- How to cite: Georgewill O A.Title is appropriate[Review of the article 'Evaluating the knowledge of interns in prescribing basic drugs used in dentistry- A cross-sectional study ' by Kistigari P].WebmedCentral 2014;5(4):WMCRW003028
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The study claims that dentistry interns in Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India have moderate knwledge in prescribing basic drugs used in dentistry based on its predefined assessment rubric. The importance of this claim is in highlighting the need for currica review to emphasize inclusion clinical pharmacology in dental education.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
The paper is novel in as much as it focuses on dentistry education in Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India. This is difficult to generalize to other settings however.
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
To a significant extend it does. But the introduction should include a description of the curricula structures of dentistry programmes in the Hyderabad area of India.
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
This claim has weak support from the results, because interns knowledge may not be adequately assessed by their responses to a questionniare. Direst assessment of the interns prescriptions would provide a better assessment of their abilities. Inclusion of qaulitative responses in the questionniare would have reveals some interests, ideas or concerns that may not be recognized in a quantitative design.
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
Not applicable, no protocols were provided
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
The approach is OK, but a mixed method design would have been more appropriate. There are issues withe methodology: How was the questionnaire validated for construct validity and internal consistency? How or where did the authors generate the assessment rubric? Why were women disproportionately higher in the sample - this could be due to sampling bias! The authors should include a sample of the questionnare used.
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
If the above suggestions on methodology are implemented, the paper could be of international quality.
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
The paper is good, but outstanding NO. A lot more needed to be done to enhance its quality.
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Other Comments:
There are inconsistencies in references entry. uthors should study the Journal's referencing style and abide by it.
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
Yes -
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
Yes
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References:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912697/
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I am a professor of pharmacology with many years teaching experience into dentistry programmes. I am also a health professions educationalist.
- How to cite: Ezeala C C.Review on Evaluating the knowledge of interns in prescribing...[Review of the article 'Evaluating the knowledge of interns in prescribing basic drugs used in dentistry- A cross-sectional study ' by Kistigari P].WebmedCentral 2014;5(4):WMCRW003027
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The aim of this article is to assess the knowledge of interns in prescribing basic drugs which are used in dentistry.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Yes
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
No
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Yes
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
No
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
Yes- It would be a great seminar in a dental school.
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Other Comments:
A very thorough material and methods section is presented. The authors state that the most commonly prescribed drugs in dentistry are antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The authors conclude that the interns had moderate knowledge in prescribing basic drugs which are used in dentistry. The authors also give suggestions as to potential beneficial learning modalities.
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
No -
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
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References:
None
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Clinical associate professor
- How to cite: Maloney W J.Evaluating the Knowledge of Interns in Prescribing Basic Drugs in Dentistry[Review of the article 'Evaluating the knowledge of interns in prescribing basic drugs used in dentistry- A cross-sectional study ' by Kistigari P].WebmedCentral 2014;5(3):WMCRW003019
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Dentistry interns in Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India have limit knowledge in pharmacology
It is novel for dentistry students in Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, India. For local purposes are novel, but it is difficult to generalize
Paper will be better understand if authors explain widely the starting dentistry situation
Questionnaire used are not properly explained
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Questionnaire must be validated in India and shown be adequate for purposes.
How will be measured not be provided
Extend question before
If methology is corrected
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I have eight years of clinical experience on methodology design