Title | The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic emergency department. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Pacheco GS, Viscusi C, Hays DP, Woolridge DP |
Journal | J Emerg Med |
Volume | 43 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | e343-8 |
Date Published | 2012 Nov |
ISSN Number | 0736-4679 |
Keywords | Academic Medical Centers, Ambulatory Care, Child, Child, Preschool, Clinical Competence, Drug Prescriptions, Education, Medical, Graduate, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Hospitals, Teaching, Humans, Infant, Internship and Residency, Male, Medication Errors, Retrospective Studies |
Abstract | <p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Medication errors are a leading cause of increased cost and iatrogenic injury in the pediatric population. In the academic setting, studies have suggested that these increased error rates are related primarily to resident inexperience, thus advocating a higher level of supervision.</p> |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.016 |
Alternate Journal | J Emerg Med |
PubMed ID | 22464610 |
The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic emergency department.
Faculty Reference:
Garrett Pacheco, MD
Chad Viscusi, MD
Dale Woolridge, MD, PhD, FACEP
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