Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education - A Systematic Approach to Improving Prescribing

Errors in drug prescribing have been found to be the most avoidable medication error, with lack of information about the drug being one of the most frequent causes. This poster summarises research undertaken to identify omissions, if any, in medical undergraduate and postgraduate training with respect to prescribing and medicines management; and to identify the need for expanded pharmaceutical education at medical undergraduate and postgraduate level and the aspects that should be addressed.

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