@ARTICLE{Zeraati, author = {Zeraati, Fatemeh and Araghchian, Maliheh and Esna-Ashari, Farzaneh and Sanei, Akram and Torkashevand, Efat and }, title = {The Comparison between Observance of Prescribing Principles in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Teaching Staff and Non-Teaching Staff in 2012}, volume = {21}, number = {1}, abstract ={Introduction & Objective: The observance of prescribing principles has the likelihood of correct medication and consequently patient's recovery and also reduces the amount of unnecessary costs. In this context, we tried to examine the rate of observance of prescription principles in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences teaching staff including attendees, assistants and interns and compared it with non-teaching staff including general physicians and doctors’ prescription. Materials & Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytical research with two-stage random sampling on the prescriptions presented to hospitals pharmacies and city pharmacies of Hamadan. A total of 800 prescriptions were collected from 15 pharmacies and the data were analyzed by t test, ANOVA and post hoc statistical tests. Results: According to the analyses of the examined prescriptions, average score of the observance of prescribing principles in non-teaching staff was more significant (10.1 vs. 9.6) than teaching staff (P }, URL = {http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-106-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-106-en.pdf}, journal = {Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine}, doi = {}, year = {2014} }