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Observational studyInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2023

Accuracy of best possible medication histories by pharmacy students: an observational study.

Martina Francis, Louise Deep, Carl R Schneider, Rebekah J Moles, Asad E Patanwala, Linda L Do, Russell Levy, Garry Soo, Rosemary Burke, Jonathan Penm

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Observational study in International journal of clinical pharmacy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Implications of pharmacy students' involvement in collecting the best possible medication histories in hospital settings: A scoping review.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2025
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  4. UsingHealth information management : journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Martina FrancisDepartment of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. Mfra9590@uni.sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0420-3318
Louise DeepDepartment of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Carl R SchneiderFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Rebekah J MolesFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Asad E PatanwalaDepartment of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Linda L DoFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Russell LevyDepartment of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Garry SooDepartment of Pharmacy, Concord Repatriation Geriatric Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia.
Rosemary BurkeDepartment of Pharmacy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Jonathan PenmFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AURoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUConcord Repatriation General Hospital · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMedication reconciliation is an effective strategy to prevent medication errors upon hospital admission and requires obtaining a patient's best possible mediation history (BPMH). However, obtaining a BPMH is time-consuming and pharmacy students may assist pharmacists in this task.

aimTo evaluate the proportion of patients who have an accurate BPMH from the pharmacy student-obtained BPMH compared to the pharmacist-obtained BPMH.

methodTwelve final-year pharmacy students were trained to obtain BPMHs upon admission at 2 tertiary hospitals and worked in pairs. Each student pair completed one 8-h shift each week for 8 weeks. Students obtained BPMHs for patients taking 5 or more medications. A pharmacist then independently obtained and checked the student BPMH from the same patient for accuracy. Deviations were determined between student-obtained and pharmacist-obtained BMPH. An accurate BPMH was defined as only having no-or-low risk medication deviations.

resultsThe pharmacy students took BPMHs for 91 patients. Of these, 65 patients (71.4%) had an accurate BPMH. Of the 1170 medications included in patients' BPMH, 1118 (95.6%) were deemed accurate. For the student-obtained BPMHs, they were more likely to be accurate for patients who were older (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.03-1.06; p < 0.001), had fewer medications (OR 0.85; 95% CI 0.75-0.97; p = 0.02), and if students used two source types (administration and supplier) to obtain the BPMH (OR 1.65; 95% CI 1.09-2.50; p = 0.02).

conclusionIt is suitable for final-year pharmacy students to be incorporated into the BPMHs process and for their BPMHs to be verified for accuracy by a pharmacist.

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Students, PharmacyHumansMedication ErrorsMedication ReconciliationPharmaceutical PreparationsTertiary Care CentersPharmaceutical PreparationsBest possible medication historyHospital admissionMedication discrepancyMedication reconciliationPharmacy studentsTransition of care

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PMID36515780
PMCPMC9749631
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