Medication Errors Identification Rates by Healthcare Students

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dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Muhammad Shahiden_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Nehad J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Muhammad Zahiden_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:30:21Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.description.abstractIntroduction:Medication errors caused devastating consequences affecting both the healthcare system and the patient’s trust. Junior doctors, pharmacists, and nurses are prone to make these mistakes. Thus, this study served a purpose to evaluate the pharmacological knowledge of the healthcare students (HCSs) i.e. pharmacy, medical, and nursing studentsthroughdetecting errors in the prescriptions, as this will reflect their performance once they come in real practice.Methodology:A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted using a validated research tool consisting ofdemographics attributes (gender, race, duration of pre-university and age) as well as three prescriptions. The research tool was distributed to final year HCSs. Demographic data of the respondents were required to investigate the contributing factors in medication errors’ identification. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by using SPSS ver. 22.Results: 197 students responded to this study. Findings show that pharmacy students yield high percentages compared to medical and nursing students in identifying errors in the prescriptions. 91.1% of pharmacy students were successful in recognizing the errors in prescription 1, 55.0% in prescription 2 whereas 96.2% in prescription 3. There wasa significantassociation betweenthe age of the respondents and their ability in identifying the errors (p=0.012). No significant relationship was observed between race, gender and duration of pre-university in identifying the mistakes in the prescriptions (p>0.05).Conclusion: Pharmacy students had the highest percentage ofmedication error identification rates probably in light of the pharmacy curriculum focuses mainlyon pharmacology and therapeutic monitoring. This study portrays the importance of additional clinical training in undergraduate programs to enhance student’s pharmacological knowledge and their attitude towards patient safety practicesen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of ClinicalPharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of ClinicalPharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy,AIMST University, 08100, Bedong, Kedah Darulaman, Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationIqbal Muhammad Shahid, Ahmed Nehad J., Iqbal Muhammad Zahid. Medication Errors Identification Rates by Healthcare Students. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. 2020 Mar; 32(3): 61-68en_US
dc.identifier.issn2456-9119
dc.identifier.issn2231-2919
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215912
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSCIENCEDOMAIN internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume32en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/JPRI/2020/v32i330414en_US
dc.subjectMedication errors;healthcare studentsen_US
dc.subjectpatient safetyen_US
dc.subjectpharmacyen_US
dc.titleMedication Errors Identification Rates by Healthcare Studentsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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