SynthesisClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2019
Digital Learning to Improve Safe and Effective Prescribing: A Systematic Review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- What should be updated in the WHO guide to good prescribing?European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Pharmacist Peer-Led Teaching Enhances Medical Undergraduate Prescribing: A Mixed-Methods Study.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- ADRENALINE, a Learning Game to Improve Prescribing Skills in Undergraduate Medical Students: Descriptive Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A scoping review and expert consensus on digital determinants of health.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- Teaching rational prescribing in undergraduate medical education: a systematic search and review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2023Review
- Educational Interventions for Medical Students to Improve Pharmacological Knowledge and Prescribing Skills: A Scoping Review.Perspectives on medical education · 2023Article
- The education and training of medical students in electronic prescribing.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2022Article
- Assessment of A new Strategy to Prevent Prescribing Errors Involving COVID-19 Patients in Community Pharmacies.Hospital pharmacy · 2022Article
- Teaching resources for the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOPNPJ science of learning · 2022Article
- Acceptability and Efficacy of the SMARxT Media Literacy Education Program to Counter Pharmaceutical Marketing Influences among Medical Trainees.Interdisciplinary journal of virtual learning in medical sciences · 2022Article
- Development and Pilot of an Interactive Online Course on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Companion Animals.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Harmonizing and improving European education in prescribing: An overview of digital educational resources used in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Review
- WHO guide to good prescribing is 25 years old: quo vadis?European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Article
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Abstract
With the aim to modernize and harmonize prescribing education, the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) Working Group on education recommended the extensive use and distribution of digital learning resources (DLRs). However, it is unclear whether the complex task of prescribing medicine can be taught digitally. Therefore, the aim of this review was to investigate the effect of diverse DLRs in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics education. Databases PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, ERIC, and CENTRAL were systematically searched. Sixty-five articles were included in the analyses. Direct effects on patients were studied, but not detected, in six articles. Skills and behavior were studied in 11 articles, 8 of which reported positive effects. Knowledge acquisition was investigated in 19 articles, all with positive effects. Qualitative analyses yielded 10 recommendations for the future development of DLRs. Digital learning is effective in teaching knowledge, attitudes, and skills associated with safe and effective prescribing.
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