Open AccessKnowledge about sepsis among training-grade doctors
Author(s) -
Hisham Ziglam,
Daniel R. Morales,
Kellianne Webb,
Dilip Nathwani
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl042
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , medical prescription , sepsis , psychological intervention , family medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , management , economics
Prescribing of antibiotics, often in the empirical setting, frequently falls on training-grade or junior doctors, who are often the least experienced in this. Indeed, improving the knowledge base of training-grade doctors or senior medical students through education has been identified as one of the key measures to improve antibiotic prescribing behaviour.
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