Iqbal, Muhammad ShahidAhmed, Nehad J.Iqbal, Muhammad Zahid2020-11-182020-11-182020-03Iqbal Muhammad Shahid, Ahmed Nehad J., Iqbal Muhammad Zahid. Medication Errors Identification Rates by Healthcare Students. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. 2020 Mar; 32(3): 61-682456-91192231-2919http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215912Introduction: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 practicesMedication errors;healthcare studentspatient safetypharmacyJournal ArticleIndiaDepartment of ClinicalPharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of ClinicalPharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj, 11942, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy,AIMST University, 08100, Bedong, Kedah Darulaman, Malaysia