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Teaching J unior M edical O fficers safe and effective prescribing
Author(s) -
McCarthy R. M.,
Hilmer S. N.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12279
Subject(s) - medicine , session (web analytics) , competence (human resources) , medical emergency , advertising , psychology , social psychology , business
Medication errors are an iatrogenic threat to patient safety, and recently graduated J unior M edical O fficers ( JMOs ) are a common source of these errors. A ward‐based, physician‐led, small‐group interactive teaching session was developed to improve JMOs competence in prescribing. The ability of JMOs to detect problems in mock medication charts before and after the teaching session was assessed, with the majority improving after the intervention, a result sustained on re‐testing later in the year. The teaching sessions were well received by JMOs .