European medical students should have acquired adequate prescribing competencies
before graduation, but it is not known whether this is the case. In this international …

Aims Prescribing errors are an important cause of patient safety incidents and are frequently
caused by junior doctors. This might be because the prescribing competence of final‐year …

Purpose The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of including the Dutch
National Pharmacotherapy Assessment (DNPA) in the medical curriculum on the level and …

Effective teaching in pharmacology and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) is
necessary to make medical students competent prescribers. However, the current structure …

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT• Safe prescribing is a core
competency in undergraduate medical education.• A large proportion of undergraduate …

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT• Junior doctors feel poorly prepared
by their training in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and commonly make …

Harmonizing clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education in Europe is
necessary to ensure that the prescribing competency of future doctors is of a uniform high …

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT• Adverse drug events are common in
National Health Service (NHS) hospitals where junior doctors take responsibility for most of …

Background The knowledge and ability to prescribe safely and effectively is a core
competency for every graduating medical student. Our previous research suggested …

Aim Pharmacotherapy might be improved if future pharmacists and physicians receive a
joint educational programme in pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics. This study …