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How would final-year medical students perform if their skill-based prescription assessment was real life?
February 22, 2023
Kalfsvel L, Hoek K, Bethlehem C, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022;88(12):5202-5217.
Medication errors are common, especially among medical trainees. This retrospective cohort study conducted at one medical center in the Netherlands identified a high rate of errors in prescriptions written by medical students (40% of all prescriptions). The most common type of error was inadequate information in the prescription – such as not indicating the dosage form or concentration, or missing usage instructions, or omitting the weight for a pediatric patient. Findings indicate that 29% of errors would not have been intercepted and resolved by an electronic prescribing system or pharmacist.
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