The benefit of targeted pharmacist education in reducing prescribing errors by junior doctors – a controlled trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Prescribing errorsOther - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000384550
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal Melbourne Hosptial
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
All junior doctors who were rotated onto general medicine at the time of the study participated, consisting of 12 interns and four registrars. All units were made aware of the study before it began, and doctors were informed that they were expected to participate as part of an ongoing quality assurance process.
There was no particular age limit for doctors to participate.
Exclusion Criteria
nil.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method