How would final-year medical students perform if their skill-based prescription assessment was real life?

Laura S KalfsvelKirsten HoekCorine Bethlehem Paul-Hugo M van der Kuy Walter W Van Den Broek Jorie Versmissen Floor van Rosse

Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2022)

There is a high rate of errors in prescriptions written by final-year medical students. Most errors were of the inadequate information type, indicating that students had difficulties determining the content and amount of information needed to make treatment successful. Prescriptions for children contained most errors. Curricula could be improved by offering more case-based CPT education, focusing on the practical issues of prescribing, especially for paediatric cases, and offering more practice time for prescribing during clerkships.

Keyphrases

medical students
adverse drug
primary care
patient safety
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quality improvement
emergency department
young adults
health information
electronic health record
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