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Are Dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs?

Dental students and dental‐care providers should be able to prescribe drugs safely and effectively. As it is unknown whether this is the case, we assessed and compared the prescribing competence of dental students and dental‐care providers in the Netherlands. In 2017, all Dutch final‐year dental stu...

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Autores principales: Brinkman, David J., Nijland, Nina, van Diermen, Denise E., Bruers, Josef J.M., Ligthart, Willianne S.M., Rietveld, Patrick J., Tams, Jan, Vissink, Arjan, Wilhelm, Abraham J., Rozema, Frederik R., Tichelaar, Jelle, van Agtmael, Michiel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6973271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31821657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eos.12658
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author Brinkman, David J.
Nijland, Nina
van Diermen, Denise E.
Bruers, Josef J.M.
Ligthart, Willianne S.M.
Rietveld, Patrick J.
Tams, Jan
Vissink, Arjan
Wilhelm, Abraham J.
Rozema, Frederik R.
Tichelaar, Jelle
van Agtmael, Michiel A.
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Nijland, Nina
van Diermen, Denise E.
Bruers, Josef J.M.
Ligthart, Willianne S.M.
Rietveld, Patrick J.
Tams, Jan
Vissink, Arjan
Wilhelm, Abraham J.
Rozema, Frederik R.
Tichelaar, Jelle
van Agtmael, Michiel A.
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description Dental students and dental‐care providers should be able to prescribe drugs safely and effectively. As it is unknown whether this is the case, we assessed and compared the prescribing competence of dental students and dental‐care providers in the Netherlands. In 2017, all Dutch final‐year dental students and a random sample of all qualified general dental practitioners and dental specialists (oral and maxillofacial surgeons and orthodontists) were invited to complete validated prescribing knowledge‐assessment and skills‐assessment instruments. The knowledge assessment comprised 40 multiple‐choice questions covering important drug topics. The skills assessment comprised three common clinical case scenarios. For the knowledge assessment, the response rates were 26 (20%) dental students, 28 (8%) general dental practitioners, and 19 (19%) dental specialists, and for the skills assessment the response rates were 14 (11%) dental students, eight (2%) general dental practitioners, and eight (8%) dental specialists. Dental specialists had higher knowledge scores (78% correct answers) than either dental practitioners (69% correct answers) or dental students (69% correct answers). A substantial proportion of all three groups made inappropriate treatment choices (35%–49%) and prescribing errors (47%–70%). Although there were some differences, dental students and dental‐care providers in the Netherlands lack prescribing competence, which is probably because of poor prescribing education during under‐ and postgraduate dental training. Educational interventions are urgently needed.
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spelling pubmed-69732712020-01-28 Are Dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs? Brinkman, David J. Nijland, Nina van Diermen, Denise E. Bruers, Josef J.M. Ligthart, Willianne S.M. Rietveld, Patrick J. Tams, Jan Vissink, Arjan Wilhelm, Abraham J. Rozema, Frederik R. Tichelaar, Jelle van Agtmael, Michiel A. Eur J Oral Sci Original Articles Dental students and dental‐care providers should be able to prescribe drugs safely and effectively. As it is unknown whether this is the case, we assessed and compared the prescribing competence of dental students and dental‐care providers in the Netherlands. In 2017, all Dutch final‐year dental students and a random sample of all qualified general dental practitioners and dental specialists (oral and maxillofacial surgeons and orthodontists) were invited to complete validated prescribing knowledge‐assessment and skills‐assessment instruments. The knowledge assessment comprised 40 multiple‐choice questions covering important drug topics. The skills assessment comprised three common clinical case scenarios. For the knowledge assessment, the response rates were 26 (20%) dental students, 28 (8%) general dental practitioners, and 19 (19%) dental specialists, and for the skills assessment the response rates were 14 (11%) dental students, eight (2%) general dental practitioners, and eight (8%) dental specialists. Dental specialists had higher knowledge scores (78% correct answers) than either dental practitioners (69% correct answers) or dental students (69% correct answers). A substantial proportion of all three groups made inappropriate treatment choices (35%–49%) and prescribing errors (47%–70%). Although there were some differences, dental students and dental‐care providers in the Netherlands lack prescribing competence, which is probably because of poor prescribing education during under‐ and postgraduate dental training. Educational interventions are urgently needed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-12-10 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6973271/ /pubmed/31821657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eos.12658 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Eur J Oral Sci published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Brinkman, David J.
Nijland, Nina
van Diermen, Denise E.
Bruers, Josef J.M.
Ligthart, Willianne S.M.
Rietveld, Patrick J.
Tams, Jan
Vissink, Arjan
Wilhelm, Abraham J.
Rozema, Frederik R.
Tichelaar, Jelle
van Agtmael, Michiel A.
Are Dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs?
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title_full Are Dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs?
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title_short Are Dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs?
title_sort are dutch dental students and dental‐care providers competent prescribers of drugs?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6973271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31821657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eos.12658
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