Background:  The current trend of treatment, using antibiotics has definitely helped improve patient outcome and prevent infectious disease however the irrational and unregulated use these drugs has created a havoc of antibiotic resistance. The Worldwide spread of the antibiotic resistant organisms has gradually created the threat of antimicrobial insufficiency and is leading us back to an pre-antibiotics era. Patients infected with these antibiotic resistant organisms are likely to face long durations of hospital stay, increased cost of treatment and require treatment with second? and third?line drugs, which may be more toxic and less effective.  Medical students are going to be primary care physicians to serve the community. These future prescribers are frontline fighters against antimicrobial resistance, by rationally prescribing the antibiotics and promoting patient awareness. There are sufficient evidences to support that newly licensed doctors / prescribers are not adequately trained to prescribe medications safely. Lack of adequate training during medical degree course may be one of the reasons for that. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and the practices of medical students with respect to antibiotic resistance and usage.

Background: A package insert (PI) is a document certified by the administering licensing authority, provided along the package of a drug. They are a valuable source of knowledge and can be of tremendous help to doctors as doctors are evidence based. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness about package inserts among residents in a teaching hospital in north India.Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional, observational study carried out on residents in SKIMS Medical College, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) to assess the awareness of participants regarding PIs. The questionnaire was pre-validated and then was used to elicit responses from the residents about their knowledge and opinion regarding the PIs.Results: A total of 96 residents participated in the study. About 67.7% of the participants agreed that PIs augment drug information but only 47.9% of the residents referred PIs as a source of knowledge for indication/contraindication/ adverse effects. 57.29% asserted it is important to tell the patient to read the package insert. Unfortunately, only 8.3% of the study participants had the knowledge of DRUG ACTS governing the information to be provided on PIs in India.Conclusions: The present study revealed that the residents have good attitude and knowledge towards PIs. However, the information provided on Package Inserts was not optimally used by them. The results of this study strongly suggest that there is a need to create awareness among resident doctors about PIs.