title: Medical student-led patient education prior to hospital discharge improves 1-month adherence rates.
abstract: Approximately 40% of patients are non-adherent to their medications. A prospective study of 80 patients evaluated the effectiveness of medical student-led pre-discharge medication education sessions. A significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group were adherent to their regular medications at 1 month compared with the control group (76.3% compared to 60.3%, P = 0.037). Medical student-led patient education significantly improved medication adherence rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.|Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Chun H S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6458-0265
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Aged Care, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Department of Aged Care, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Aged Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Wen K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013337:Students, Medical; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology; D016903:Drug Monitoring
keywords: adherence; discharge; education; medical student; medication