Prevalence and causes of prescribing errors: the PRescribing Outcomes for Trainee Doctors Engaged in Clinical Training (PROTECT) study

Cristín Ryan; Sarah Ross; Peter Davey; Eilidh M. Duncan; Jill J. Francis; Shona Fielding; Marie Johnston; Jean Ker; Amanda Jane Lee; Mary Joan Macleod; Simon Maxwell; Gerard A. McKay; James S. McLay; David J. Webb; Christine Bond

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Prevalence and causes of prescribing errors: the PRescribing Outcomes for Trainee Doctors Engaged in Clinical Training (PROTECT) study

Cristín Ryan, Sarah Ross, Peter Davey, Eilidh M. Duncan, Jill J. Francis, Shona Fielding, Marie Johnston, Jean Ker, Amanda Jane Lee, Mary Joan Macleod, Simon Maxwell, Gerard A. McKay, James S. McLay, David J. Webb, Christine Bond (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Study objectives were to investigate the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors amongst foundation doctors (i.e. junior doctors in their first (F1) or second (F2) year of post-graduate training), describe their knowledge and experience of prescribing errors, and explore their self-efficacy (i.e. confidence) in prescribing.

Original language	English
Article number	e79802
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079802
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2014

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Ryan, C., Ross, S., Davey, P., Duncan, E. M., Francis, J. J., Fielding, S., Johnston, M., Ker, J., Lee, A. J., Macleod, M. J., Maxwell, S., McKay, G. A., McLay, J. S., Webb, D. J., & Bond, C. (2014). Prevalence and causes of prescribing errors: the PRescribing Outcomes for Trainee Doctors Engaged in Clinical Training (PROTECT) study. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e79802. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079802

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