OBJECTIVE To audit the prescribing practices of consultants. DESIGN A randomized sample survey of 354 consultants prescription for analysis of some basic parameters as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES To provide feedback to the prescribers for promoting rational drug therapy. RESULTS The average number of drugs for prescription were found to be 4.51 an...

INTRODUCTION To ensure safe, effective and rational prescribing by tomorrow's doctors it is important to assess the prescribing skills of today's medical students. The aim of this study was to assess the prescribing skills of MBBS preclinical students of a Teaching Hospital. METHODS First and second year medical students were given different sets of common clinical scenarios and asked to writ...

The introduction of an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program is associated with a change in antimicrobial prescribing behavior. A proposed mechanism for this change is by impacting the prescribing etiquette described in qualitative studies. This study sought to detect a change in prescribing attitudes 12 months after the introduction of AMS and gauge utility of various AMS interventions. Surv...

CONTEXT Junior doctors are reported to make most of the prescribing errors in the hospital setting. AIMS The aim of the following study is to determine the knowledge intern doctors have about prescribing errors and circumstances contributing to making them. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A structured questionnaire was distributed to intern doctors in National Hospital Abuja Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND MET...

UNLABELLED Inappropriate prescribing reduces the quality of medical care and leads to a waste of resources. No study has been reported concerning rational drug use in United Arab Emirates, UAE, recently. OBJECTIVES assessing patterns of use and defining problems regarding the rational drug use.Setting baseline situational analysis study for practices in the health care system relevant to drug...