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Junior doctors' perceptions of their self-efficacy in prescribing, their prescribing errors and the possible causes of errors [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2013
AimsThe aim of the study was to explore and compare junior doctors' perceptions of their self‐efficacy in prescribing, their prescribing errors and the possible causes of those errors.MethodsA cross‐sectional questionnaire study was distributed to foundation doctors throughout Scotland, based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory and Human Error Theory (
Jill Francis   +2 more
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Common Prescribing Errors

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992
Excerpt To the Editors:From 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992, we detected 118 instances of the prescribing of an inappropriate dosage form of a drug available as both a "standard" and a "controlled" r...
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Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Clinic

Clinical Pediatrics, 2009
Objective: This project was completed to determine the frequency and type of prescribing errors occuring in a pediatric clinic. Study design: Records for all patient encounters in the pediatric acute care clinic from February through April 2007 were reviewed.
Michelle, Condren   +2 more
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Preventing Medication Prescribing Errors

DICP, 1991
Medication errors may arise in the manufacture, preparation, distribution, and administration of drugs. Physician prescribing errors are of particular importance as such errors have been associated with significant adverse patient outcomes. The pharmacist plays an important role in preventing such errors from reaching the patient.
J A, Vitillo, T S, Lesar
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Paediatric prescribing errors

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2010
Prescribing errors are particularly important in paediatrics where dose calculations are complicated and small errors can cause significant harm. Unfortunately, there is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes an error, so studies often use differing criteria.
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Prescribing errors in paediatrics

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2012
Objective In 2007 the General Medical Council commissioned a research programme to explore the causes of prescribing errors made by Foundation trainee (FY1) doctors in relation to their medical education, the EQUIP study.1 This involved a prospective evaluation of the prevalence and nature of prescribing errors made
J Bowns, A Andreas, A Gill
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Prescribing errors in diabetes

The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, 2009
Prescribing errors in diabetes have the potential to cause serious adverse effects. Antidiabetic agents are a significant cause of admission to hospital. Prescribing errors can be caused by poor handwriting, failure to communicate clearly, and by the use of inappropriate abbreviations.
Anthony R Cox, Robin E Ferner
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Factors Related to Errors in Medication Prescribing

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1998
To quantify the type and frequency of identifiable factors associated with medication prescribing errors.Systematic evaluation of every third prescribing error detected and averted by pharmacists in a 631-bed tertiary care teaching hospital between July 1, 1994, and June 30, 1995.
T S, Lesar, L, Briceland, D S, Stein
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Prescribing and Dispensing of Insulin: Margins for Error?

Diabetic Medicine, 1992
To investigate recent anecdotal reports of incorrect insulin dispensing, we compared retail pharmacists' and doctors' understanding of commonly used insulin brands. Eighty pharmacists, 29 general practitioners (GPs), and 31 junior hospital doctors were interviewed and completed a questionnaire concerning the duration of action and formulation of 17 ...
M D, Page   +3 more
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