Using prescribing very short answer questions to identify sources of medication errors: a prospective study in two UK medical schools.

Amir H SamChee Yeen FungRebecca K WilsonEmilia PelevaDavid C KluthMartin LuptonDavid R OwenColin R MelvilleKarim Meeran

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

Prescribing VSA questions represent an efficient tool for providing detailed insight into the sources of significant prescribing errors, which are not identified by SBA questions. This makes the prescribing VSA a valuable formative assessment tool to enhance students' skills in safe prescribing and to potentially reduce prescribing errors.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
primary care
healthcare
patient safety
emergency department
drinking water
electronic health record
drug induced