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Can medical students identify a potentially serious acetaminophen dosing error in a simulated encounter? A case control study.

Dudas RA, Barone MA. Can medical students identify a potentially serious acetaminophen dosing error in a simulated encounter? a case control study. BMC Med Educ. 2015;15(1). doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0288-3.

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April 15, 2015
Dudas RA, Barone MA. BMC Med Educ. 2015;15(1).
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In this educational simulation study using a standardized patient, 89% of medical students did not detect that parents had inadvertently provided an acetaminophen overdose to their child, and approximately one-third failed to ask about the use of over-the-counter medications. Students who had completed a patient safety course prior to the simulation did not perform any better than those that had not.

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Dudas RA, Barone MA. Can medical students identify a potentially serious acetaminophen dosing error in a simulated encounter? a case control study. BMC Med Educ. 2015;15(1). doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0288-3.