Learning from electronic prescribing errors: a mixed methods study of junior doctors' perceptions of training and individualised feedback data.

ABSTRACT: To explore the views of junior doctors towards (1) electronic prescribing (EP) training and feedback, (2) readiness for receiving individualised feedback data about EP errors and (3) preferences for receiving and learning from EP feedback. Explanatory sequential mixed methods study comprising quantitative survey (phase 1), followed by interviews and focus group discussions (phase 2). Three acute hospitals of a large English National Health Service organisation. 25 of 89 foundation year 1 and 2 doctors completed the phase 1 survey; 5 participated in semi-structured interviews and 7 in a focus group in phase 2. Foundation doctors in this mixed methods study reported that current feedback provision on EP errors was lacking or informal, and that existing EP training and resources were underuse

SUBMITTER: Chu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772675 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature