ArticleJournal of educational evaluation for health professions2017
Junior doctors' preparedness to prescribe, monitor, and treat patients with the antibiotic vancomycin in an Australian teaching hospital.
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- Assessment and evaluation of prescribing competences: A systematic review and recommendations.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- New graduate medication safety preparedness: an Australian cross-sectional and longitudinal qualitative research study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Awareness, perception, and barriers of healthcare providers toward the revised consensus guideline for therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- The knowledge and perceptions regarding antibiotic stewardship of the interns rotating at the Bloemfontein Academic Complex.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Eight-Item Vancomycin Prescribing Confidence Questionnaire Among Junior Doctors.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- The association of the anesthesiologist's academic and educational status with self-confidence, self-rated knowledge and objective knowledge in rational antibiotic application.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- [Is the discipline associated with self-confidence in handling rational antibiotic prescription? : Results from the MR2 study in German hospitals].Der Anaesthesist · 2020Article
- Interventions targeting the prescribing and monitoring of vancomycin for hospitalized patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Infection and drug resistance · 2018Review
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to assess the preparedness of junior doctors to use vancomycin, and to determine whether attending an educational session and being provided pocket guidelines were associated with self-reported confidence and objective knowledge.
methodsThis was a 2-component cross-sectional study. A 60-minute educational session was implemented and pocket guidelines were provided. Preparedness was evaluated by a self-reported confidence survey in the early and late stages of each training year, and by continuing medical education (CME) knowledge scores.
resultsSelf-confidence was higher among those later in the training year (n=75) than in those earlier (n=120) in the year for all questions. In the late group, vancomycin education was associated with higher self-confidence regarding the frequency of therapeutic drug monitoring (P=0.02) and dose amendment (P=0.05); however, the confidence for initial monitoring was lower (P<0.05). Those with pocket guidelines were more confident treating patients with vancomycin (P<0.001), choosing initial (P=0.01) and maintenance doses (P<0.001), and knowing the monitoring frequency (P=0.03). The 85 respondents who completed the knowledge assessment scored a mean±standard deviation of 8.55±1.55 on 10 questions, and the interventions had no significant effect.
conclusionAttending an educational session and possessing pocket guidelines were associated with preparedness, as measured by higher self-reported confidence using vancomycin. High knowledge scores were attained following CME; however attending an educational session or possessing pocket guidelines did not significantly increase the knowledge scores. Our findings support providing educational sessions and pocket guidelines to increase self-confidence in prescribing vancomycin, yet also highlight the importance of evaluating content, format, and delivery when seeking to improve preparedness to use vancomycin through education.
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