A comparison of final year medical students’ and junior doctors’ views on their training and ability to prescribe antibiotics

• In: Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-057
• By: JOHN, Dai (Cardiff University, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): Asaad, M. (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  Makanga, C. (Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, United Kingdom)
  Roberts, E. (Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Noth Wales, United Kingdom)
  Simpson, J. (Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, United Kingdom)
  Challoner, R.M. (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  Winston, L.M. (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  Deslandes, R.E. (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  Hughes, M.L. (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  Weston, R. (Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, United Kingdom)
  
• Abstract:

  Approximately one third of UK hospital patients receive antimicrobials. This study aimed to investigate final year medical students’ and junior doctors’ views on their training and ability to prescribe antibiotics at one hospital in a Welsh health board. Interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of four hospital professionals. Following a

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