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Item Pharmacy students’ proclivity towards entrepreneurship – a sign of future innovation in pharmaceutical care service delivery(2019) Showande S.J.; Durowaiye M. A.Background:Entrepreneurial inclination is linked with improved pharmaceutical care service innovations and improvements. Objective: This study examined the propensity of pharmacy students towards entrepreneurship and factors influencing this. Material and Methods:Two hundred and eighty-one pharmacy students at the University of Ibadan participated in a two-year prospective study using a self–administered validated Pharmacy Students Entrepreneurial Orientation summated scale questionnaire with five subscales in seven-points Likert scale type graded responses. Mean and percentage mean scores were determined with a high mean score indicative of entrepreneurial tendency. Results:Percentage mean score for PSEO were 88.5% and 88.8% for the first and second year of the survey, respectively. Post-graduation business ownership intentions were high (83.0%) in both years. These intentions had significantly higher mean scores on PSEO scale (p<0.001), empathic super salesperson subscale (p=0.007), innovativeness subscale (p<0.001), and risk taking subscale (p=0.024), in the first year of survey. Pharmacy students who had taken business courses had higher PSEO mean scores than those who had not taken business courses (p=0.003). Male pharmacy students were more likely to take risks more than their female counterparts in the first year of the study (p=0.035). Conclusion:Pharmacy students maintained a high level of entrepreneurial tendency in both years of the study with most students aspiring to become business owners. Male pharmacy students were more inclined to take risk and hope to be innovative in pharmaceutical care services. To further strengthen entrepreneurial inclination, pharmacy schools curricula should include entrepreneurial courses. KeywordsItem Extent of misuse and dependence of codeine-containing products among medical and pharmacy students in a Nigerian University(Springer Open, 2019) Akande-Sholabi, W.; Adisa, R.; Ilesanmi, O.S.; Bello, A. E.Background: Misuse and dependency of opioids especially codeine-containing products is of increasing global concern. Inappropriate use of opioids among healthcare students could affect quality of service and ethical conducts of these future professionals, thereby putting the society at risk. This study aimed to evaluate knowledge and perception of medical and pharmacy students in a Nigerian tertiary University on use of opioids with focus on codeine-containing products. Methods: A cross-sectional survey among 335-medical and 185-pharmacy students from University of Ibadan, Nigeria, between September and December 2018, using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Results: A total of 178 (34.2%) in multiple responses had used opioid-containing products among the respondents, of this, 171 (96.1%) used codeine-containing formulation. Precisely, 146 (28.1%) of the students had used codeine-containing products before, of this, 16 (11.0%) used the products for non-medical or recreational purpose regarded as a misuse/ abuse. In all, 201 (38.7%) had good knowledge of opioid use, with 51 (34.9%) among those who had used opioids and 150 (40.1%) among those who had not used opioids (X2 = 1.186; p = 0.276). Majority (469; 90.2%) had good perception of risks associated with opioid use; comprising (130; 89.0%) among those who had taken opioids and (339; 90.6%) among those who had not taken opioids before (X2 = 0.304; p = 0.508). Logistic-regression shows that students who experienced some side effects to be experienced again 22.1 [AOR = 22.1, 95% CI: (5.98–81.72)] as well as those pressured into using codeine-containing products 10.6 [AOR = 10.6, 95% CI: (1.36–82.39)] had more tendency of misuse. Conclusion: There is a potential for misuse of codeine-containing products among medical and pharmacy students. Peer-influence and experience of some side effects are possible predictors of misuse among the students. Thus, healthcare students’ curriculum should incorporate preventive programme, while public education and policy that favours peer-support programme on medication misuse is advocated for healthcare students.