107STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE & AWARENESS OF DOCTORS ABOUT PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY, INDIRA GANDHI GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, NAGPURTo evaluate the current knowledge, attitude and awareness of pharmacovigilance among health care professionals in a government medical college & tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra. The study was conducted in department of pharmacology of govt. medical college and tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra. It was a cross sectional study and sample size was 100. The study period was 1/08/2014 to 31/08/2014. A questionnaire containing 24 questions with 2-4 options were given. Residents and teaching staff member of govt. medical college & tertiary care hospital were asked to tick one best & correct option. The completed questionnaire was analyzed & frequency is expressed as percentage. Total 100 participants completely filled the questionnaire. 70% were medical residents & 30% were medical teachers. 62% of medical professionals were aware of the concept of pharmacovigilance& 55.75% of participants had knowledge & correct understanding regarding pharmacovigilance. 76% of participants were aware of pharmacovigilance in identifying the safety of drugs. 71% of participants thought adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting is a professional obligation. Majority of participants had come across ADR previously & expressed need to teach pharmacovigilance to health care professionals. 92% of participants think reporting of ADR is necessary. Knowledge was not adequate about pharmacovigilance among medical professional but attitude was positive regarding reporting of ADRs. Thus along with education of pharmacovigilance & constant efforts to report ADRs will improve ADR reportingpritigarate.gmc.akola@gmail.comResearch532015Pharmacovigilance,Adverse drug reaction,Attitude,AwarenessVandana Badar,Priti Garate,Sujata Dudhgaonkar,Swapnil DeshmukhDepartment of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.,Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.,Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.,Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.