Pharmacist Peer-Led Teaching Enhances Medical Undergraduate Prescribing: A Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescribing is a high-stakes clinical task where newly qualified doctors frequently report low confidence, with national data highlighting persistent error rates. Medical schools face logistical and staffing barriers in delivering high-quality, simulation-based prescribing education. Peer-led, interprofessional teaching, particularly by pharmacists, may offer a scalable solution in this context.

Approach

This is the first study to evaluate pharmacist peer-led prescribing education using a mixed-methods framework. We designed and implemented a pharmacist peer-led prescribing programme for final-year medical students at Warwick Medical School. Peer tutors were final-year medical students with pharmacy backgrounds. Participants were recruited from the final year coho

SUBMITTER: Mohammed Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421213 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature