title: How can we improve junior doctor prescribing?
abstract: The large number of medications available has complicated the learning of drug therapy for medical students at a time when pharmacology training has been substantially reduced. Attempts to remedy this include: improving the pharmaco-therapeutics curriculum; interactive web-based learning and students developing a personal formulary. The approach adopted by the University of Wollongong Medical School is to integrate clinical pharmacology throughout the course, with the Student Preferred-drugs Formulary linking pharmacology and common diseases. Evidence from other countries suggests this should enhance prescribing by medical graduates.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaetani
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Yeo
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012308:Risk Management; D012577:Schools, Medical
keywords: Student P‐drugs Formulary; clinical pharmacology; prescribing; quality use of medicines