An interprofessional pediatric prescribing workshop.
OBJECTIVE
To design, implement, and evaluate an interprofessional learning workshop on pediatric prescribing.


METHODS
An interactive workshop on pediatric prescribing was designed and delivered by pediatricians and pharmacists to fourth-year medical and pharmacy students on 3 university campus settings. Students were assigned to either interprofessional workshop groups (pharmacy and medical students) or non-interprofessional workshop groups (medical students only).


RESULTS
Two hundred thirty students completed the workshops and 92% returned both the pre- and post-workshop questionnaires. Attitudes toward interprofessional learning significantly improved among students in the interprofessional workshop groups (p< 0.001) and confidence in prescribing for pediatric patients significantly improved among all students (p< 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The workshop improved medical and pharmacy students' knowledge and confidence in pediatric prescribing and significantly improved their attitudes toward working and learning with other professionals.
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, UK. D.A.Taylor@bath.ac.uk
Denise
D
Taylor
Sebastian
S
Yuen
Linda
L
Hunt
Alan
A
Emond
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010595:Pharmacists; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D013337:Students, Medical; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations