Do clinical and communication skills scores on credentialing exams predict potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing?

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is considerable variation among physicians in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, which is hypothesized to be attributable to diagnostic uncertainty and ineffective communication. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether clinical and communication skills are associated with antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections and sinusitis.

Methods

A cohort study of 2,526 international medical graduates and 48,394 U.S. Medicare patients diagnosed by study physicians with an upper respiratory infection or sinusitis between July 2014 and November 2015 was conducted. Clinical and communication skills were measured by scores achieved on the Clinical Skills Assessment examination administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Gradu

SUBMITTER: Tamblyn R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10621187 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature