The performance of junior doctors in applying clinical pharmacology knowledge and prescribing skills to standardized clinical cases.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Recent studies suggest a worryingly high proportion of final year medical students and new doctors feel unprepared for effective and safe prescribing. Little research has been undertaken on UK junior doctors to see if these perceptions translate into unsafe prescribing practice. We aimed to measure the performance of foundation year 1 (FY1) doctors in applying clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) knowledge and prescribing skills using standardized clinical cases.

Methods

A subject matter expert (SME) panel constructed a blueprint, and from these, twelve assessments focusing on areas posing high risk to patient safety and deemed as essential for FY1 doctors to know were chosen. Assessments comprised six extended matching questions (EMQs) and six written unobserve

SUBMITTER: Harding S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2883752 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature