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Can patient safety be improved by reducing the volume of “inappropriate prescribing tasks” handed over to out-of-hours junior doctors?

International Journal of General Medicine, 2018
Samuel Martin Amis, Tobin Henry Edgar Osicki Department of Acute Internal Medicine, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, Warwick, UK Background: First-year doctors found that during out-of-hours shifts they were being delayed and distracted from ...
Amis SM, Osicki THE
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Evidence to support integrating feedback best practice for computer‐based assessment in pharmacology education

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Feedback is the most powerful driver of learning, but it can afford variable effects depending on the method used. The design of feedback for computer‐based assessment—now increasingly prevalent in higher education—remains relatively underexplored, particularly for pharmacology education.
Claire Y. Hepburn
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Determinants of appropriate antibiotic and NSAID prescribing in unscheduled outpatient settings in the veterans health administration

BMC Health Services Research
Background Despite efforts to enhance the quality of medication prescribing in outpatient settings, potentially inappropriate prescribing remains common, particularly in unscheduled settings where patients can present with infectious and pain-related ...
Michael J. Ward, Michael E. Matheny, Melissa D. Rubenstein, Kemberlee Bonnet, Chloe Dagostino, David G. Schlundt, Shilo Anders, Thomas Reese, Amanda S. Mixon   +8 more
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Clinical pharmacology and prescribing education: An updated medical school curriculum from the British Pharmacological Society

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale, Clare Guilding, Jennifer Koenig, Michael Okorie, Reecha Sofat, Simon Maxwell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing inappropriate antibiotic prescription in respiratory tract infections in general practice

Scientific Reports
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are common in general practice, and represent the main cause of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, contributing to antimicrobial resistance.
Léa Charton, François Séverac, Yves Hansmann, Juliette Chambe   +3 more
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Antidepressants and the risk of hyponatremia: A multi‐institutional cohort study using observational medical outcomes partnership—Common Data Model

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Hyponatremia is a common yet potentially serious adverse event associated with antidepressants. Identifying the antidepressant class with the least risk of hyponatremia would improve patient safety. Methods Using electronic medical records from 15 hospitals standardized into Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model (2003–2023 ...
Kyungyeon Jung, Ju Hwan Kim, Da Eun Hyeon, Jeongmoon Ji, Min Young Lee, Hayun Choi, Dong Yun Lee, Min Woo Kim, Yoonmin Jang, Seonghoon Hwang, Jaehyeong Cho, Seok Young Song, Sang Youl Rhee, Jae Myung Cha, Won‐Woo Seo, Chang‐Won Jeong, Seung‐Jin Kwag, Woo Jin Kim, Jaeuk Hwang, Min‐ho Kim, Rae Woong Park, Ju‐Young Shin   +21 more
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Acceptability of Interventions to Address Polypharmacy in Older Adult Outpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP), where risks outweigh benefits, are effective but often not implemented due to barriers (e.g., patient, provider, systems).
Nav Persaud, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin, Becky Skidmore, Emily G. McDonald   +4 more
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Beyond the label: Rethinking off‐label drug use in paediatrics. Towards a scientifically grounded and safer future for paediatric pharmacotherapy

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite regulatory progress being made in the past two decades, off‐label drug use in paediatrics remains pervasive, with prevalence estimated between 3% and 97% of prescriptions across different clinical settings. Off‐label use—defined as prescribing outside the conditions described in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)—is often ...
Tjitske M. van der Zanden, Miriam G. Mooij, Matthijs de Hoog, Saskia N. de Wildt   +3 more
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Drug Utilization and Inappropriate Prescribing in Centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Objectives To use primary care electronic health records ( EHR s) to evaluate prescriptions and inappropriate prescribing in men and women at age 100. Design
Hazra, Nisha Chan, Dregan, Alexandru, Jackson, Stephen, Gulliford, Martin Christopher   +3 more
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Community pharmacists' practices and perspectives on deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines: National survey findings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim To explore the practices, confidence and perspectives of community pharmacists in deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines, including opioid analgesics, benzodiazepine, gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis. Methods An anonymous, cross‐sectional national online survey was conducted between January and April 2025 among Australian community ...
Monica Jung, Louisa Picco, Aili V. Langford, Rose Laing, Jana Dostal, Suzanne Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source