'If no-one stops me, I'll make the mistake again': changing prescribing behaviours through feedback; a Perceptual Control Theory perspective.

Jane Ferguson; Chris Keyworth; Mary P. Tully

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'If no-one stops me, I'll make the mistake again': changing prescribing behaviours through feedback; a Perceptual Control Theory perspective.

May 10, 2017

Ferguson J, Keyworth C, Tully MP. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2018;14(3):241-247.

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This qualitative study of physician trainees found that they welcomed feedback about prescribing errors. Feedback was perceived to be most useful if it was timely, specific, and included group discussion. Participants found email feedback to be less useful. These data should inform future efforts to provide prescribing feedback.

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