ReviewAdvances in medical education and practice2015
Teaching safe prescribing to medical students: perspectives in the UK.
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- The impact of a preprescribing formative assessment on learning in final-year medical students using hospital inpatient electronic prescribing systems.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- 'But what if you miss something …?': factors that influence medical student consideration of cost in decision making.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Educational Interventions for Medical Students to Improve Pharmacological Knowledge and Prescribing Skills: A Scoping Review.Perspectives on medical education · 2023Article
- A New Vision of Teaching Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Undergraduate Medical Students.Advances in medical education and practice · 2022Review
- A Rapid Review of Prescribing Education Interventions.Medical science educator · 2021Review
- Evaluation of medical student program with the use of a reflective portfolio: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- The short- and long-term effects of a course on rational drug use: A comparative study between prefinal- and final-year undergraduate medical students who attended the course in different clinical years.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- The role of undergraduate teaching, learning and a national prescribing safety assessment in preparation for practical prescribing: UK medical students' perspective.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2019Article
- Development and validation of an instrument to assess the prescribing readiness of medical students in Malaysia.BMC medical education · 2015Article
- Design and Implementation of a Brief, Self-Directed Course on Immunotherapy Best Practices for Neurology Trainees.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
- Assessment of Quality of Prescription Writing among Dental and Medical Students and Practitioners in Kerala.Journal of natural science, biology, and medicineArticle
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Abstract
Prescribing is a characteristic role of a medical practitioner. On graduating from medical school, students are presumed to have acquired the necessary pharmacology knowledge underpinning the therapeutics and developed their personal skills and behaviors in order to write a safe and effective prescription (The Four Ps). However, there are reports of errors in medical prescribing and dissatisfied feedback from recent graduates, which evidence potential flaws in the current training in the practice of prescribing. We examine the Four Ps from a systems approach and offer scope for educators and curriculum designers to review and reflect on their current undergraduate teaching, learning, and assessment strategies in a similar manner. We also adopt a national framework of common competencies required of all prescribers to remain effective and safe in their area of practice as a more objective layer to the broader learning outcomes of the General Medical Council Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. This exercise demonstrates where standard, recognized competencies for safe prescribing can be accommodated pedagogically within existing medical curricula.
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