“…Noted that the main reasons for inappropriate use of antibiotics include physicians' lack of knowledge and training regarding antibiotics, non-adherence to treatment guidelines, uncertainty over the diagnosis, fear of clinical failure, and pressure from patients to prescribe antibiotics. (25) Results of the current study showed that participants' mean knowledge scores about antibiotics prescription for acute pharyngitis patients did not differ significantly according to their personal characteristics, having an antibiotics' prescription policy at PHCC or the application of that policy or according to attendance CME about antibiotics for acute pharyngitis. However, their knowledge differed significantly according to average daily patients' flow, 570 prescribing antibiotics for acute pharyngitis last week, and according to the used type of medical records system at PHCC and among those who read about prescribing antibiotics for acute pharyngitis.…”