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ArticleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2017

Essential competencies in prescribing: A first european cross-sectional study among 895 final-year medical students.

D J Brinkman, J Tichelaar, T Schutte, S Benemei, Y Böttiger, B Chamontin, T Christiaens, R Likic, R Maˇiulaitis, T Marandi and 13 more

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D J BrinkmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J TichelaarDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
T SchutteDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
S BenemeiUnit of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Y BöttigerDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
B ChamontinDepartment of Internal Medicine and Hypertension, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
T ChristiaensDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
R LikicUnit of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
R MaˇiulaitisFaculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
T MarandiDepartment of Cardiology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
E C MonteiroFaculty of Medicine, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal.
P PapaioannidouFaculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Y M PersClinical Immunology and Osteoarticular Diseases Unit, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
C PontesDepartment of Pharmacology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
A RaskovicDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
R RegenthalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
E J SanzFaculty of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
B I TambaDepartment of Pharmacology and Algesiology, Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania.
K WilsonFaculty of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Tp de VriesDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
M C RichirDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ma van AgtmaelDepartment of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Working Group Research on CPT Education of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT)

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

European medical students should have acquired adequate prescribing competencies before graduation, but it is not known whether this is the case. In this international multicenter study, we evaluated the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) of final-year medical students across Europe. In a cross-sectional design, 26 medical schools from 17 European countries were asked to administer a standardized assessment and questionnaire to 50 final-year students. Although there were differences between schools, our results show an overall lack of essential prescribing competencies among final-year students in Europe. Students had a poor knowledge of drug interactions and contraindications, and chose inappropriate therapies for common diseases or made prescribing errors. Our results suggest that undergraduate teaching in CPT is inadequate in many European schools, leading to incompetent prescribers and potentially unsafe patient care. A European core curriculum with clear learning outcomes and assessments should be urgently developed.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAttitude of Health PersonnelClinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesDrug InteractionsDrug PrescriptionsEuropeHumansPharmacology, ClinicalStudents, Medical

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PMID27648725
PMCPMC5260337

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