The impact of a summative national prescribing assessment and curriculum type on the development of the prescribing competence of junior doctors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of including the Dutch National Pharmacotherapy Assessment (DNPA) in the medical curriculum on the level and development of prescribing knowledge and skills of junior doctors. The secondary aim was to evaluate the relationship between the curriculum type and the prescribing competence of junior doctors.

Methods

We re-analysed the data of a longitudinal study conducted in 2016 involving recently graduated junior doctors from 11 medical schools across the Netherlands and Belgium. Participants completed three assessments during the first year after graduation (around graduation (+ / - 4 weeks), and 6 months, and 1 year after graduation), each of which contained 35 multiple choice questions (MCQs) assessing know

SUBMITTER: Donker EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10663181 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature