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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ryan, Cristín ^a   Ross, Sarah ^b   Davey, Peter ^c   Duncan, Eilidh M ^d   Francis, Jill J ^e   Fielding, Shona ^b   Johnston, Marie ^b   Ker, Jean ^c   Lee, Amanda Jane ^b   MacLeod, Mary Joan ^b   Maxwell, Simon ^f   McKay, Gerard A ^g   McLay, James S ^b   Webb, David J ^f   Bond, Christine ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84896753514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079802     Document Type: Article

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