Design of hospital errors and omissions activities that include patient-specific medication related problems.

Julie B. Cooper; Courtney L. Bradley

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Design of hospital errors and omissions activities that include patient-specific medication related problems.

April 10, 2019

Cooper JB, Bradley CL. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2019;11(1):66-75.

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This report describes a clinical skills course for student pharmacists. Researchers created vignettes relating to inpatient medication dispensing and asked the students to identify errors of omission and commission. The authors conclude that this exercise accomplished the goal of fostering patient safety in pharmacy practice.

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