Teaching prescribing: just what the doctor ordered? A thematic analysis of the views of newly qualified doctors

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dc.contributor.authorHansen, Christina R.
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Elaine K.
dc.contributor.authorBradley, Colin P.
dc.contributor.authorSahm, Laura J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-21T13:38:05Z
dc.date.available2017-06-21T13:38:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-13
dc.date.updated2017-06-21T12:02:40Z
dc.description.abstractUndergraduate medical education has been criticised for failing to adequately prepare doctors for the task of prescribing. Pharmacists have been shown to improve medication use in hospitals. This study aims to elicit the views of intern doctors on the challenges of prescribing, and to suggest changes in education to enhance prescribing practice and potential role of the pharmacist. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with intern doctors in their first year post qualification in an Irish hospital. Data collection was conducted until no new themes emerged and thematic analysis was performed. Thirteen interviews took place. Interns described training in practical prescribing as limited and felt the curriculum failed to convey the reality of actual prescribing. Pharmacists were perceived to be a useful, but underutilised, information source in the prescribing process. They requested an earlier introduction, and repeated exposure, to prescribing, and suggested the involvement of peers and pharmacists in this teaching. Intern doctors reported difficulties in applying knowledge gained in medical school to clinical practice. New strategies are needed to enhance the clinical relevance of the medical curriculum by rethinking the learning outcomes regarding prescribing practice and the involvement of pharmacists in prescribing education.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationHansen, C., Walsh, E., Bradley, C. and Sahm, L. (2017) 'Teaching Prescribing: Just What the Doctor Ordered? A Thematic Analysis of the Views of Newly Qualified Doctors', Pharmacy, 5(2), 32. doi:10.3390/pharmacy5020032en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/pharmacy5020032
dc.identifier.endpage32-8en
dc.identifier.issn2226-4787
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePharmacyen
dc.identifier.startpage32-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4141
dc.identifier.volume5en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rights© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectIntern doctorsen
dc.subjectPrescribingen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectMedical curriculumen
dc.subjectPharmacisten
dc.subjectInterdisciplinary educationen
dc.titleTeaching prescribing: just what the doctor ordered? A thematic analysis of the views of newly qualified doctorsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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