Pharmacy students' attitudes toward reporting serious adverse drug events.

Objectives: To determine pharmacy students' attitude toward and knowledge of reporting serious adverse drug events (ADEs) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Method: A 58-item survey questionnaire constructed to measure respondents' intention to report ADEs (3 items), attitude toward reporting ADEs (20 items), knowledge of ADE reporting (9 items), and demographic data was administered to all third-year (final-year) pharmacy students at the Appalachian College of Pharmacy.

Results: The majority of the 58 students who responded (91% response rate) intended (84%) and planned (85.