Premium
The Prescribing Performance and Confidence of Final‐Year Medical Students
Author(s) -
Brinkman D J,
Tichelaar J,
Agtmael M A,
Schotsman R,
Vries Th P G M,
Richir M C
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2014.162
Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , context (archaeology) , medical education , pharmacotherapy , medicine , clinical clerkship , medical school , psychology , pharmacology , curriculum , pedagogy , paleontology , biology
It is widely believed that medical students are not as well prepared or as sufficiently skilled in prescribing as they should be at the outset of their careers. However, a preclinical context‐learning pharmacotherapy program has been found to improve students’ therapeutic skills during an ensuing clinical clerkship in internal medicine. 1 In this Commentary, we argue that a similar approach during a clinical clerkship may further enhance therapeutic skills at the end of the clerkship. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2014); 96 5, 531–533. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2014.162