Do educational interventions improve prescribing by medical students and junior doctors? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Our aim was to review systematically the literature on educational interventions to improve prescribing by medical students and junior doctors. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Educational Resource Information Center, British Education Index, PsycINFO, CINAHL, TIMELIT, Cochrane Trials Database and grey literature were searched. Inclusion criteria were: educational interventions to improve medical student and/or junior doctors' prescribing, in primary or secondary care settings, and published after 1990. After screening 3189 records, we retrieved 11 controlled and four 'before-and-after' trials. Ten controlled trials showed improvements in the scores of the intervention group on written scenarios or clinical examination stations, but one study in junior doctors showed no effect on real-life prescription er

SUBMITTER: Ross S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2723206 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature