The prescribing performance and confidence of final-year medical students

Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Nov;96(5):531-3. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2014.162.

Abstract

It is widely believed that medical students are not as well prepared or as sufficiently skilled in prescribing as they should be at the outset of their careers. However, a preclinical context-learning pharmacotherapy program has been found to improve students' therapeutic skills during an ensuing clinical clerkship in internal medicine.(1) In this Commentary, we argue that a similar approach during a clinical clerkship may further enhance therapeutic skills at the end of the clerkship.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Clerkship*
  • Clinical Competence
  • Humans
  • Prescriptions*
  • Students, Medical*