January 22, 2009

expert encounter: are young doctors putting lives at risk through poor prescribing?

A number of the UK’s top clinical pharmacologists recently expressed their concern about the decline in the teaching of clinical pharmacology as part of medical training. They warned that poor training could lead to poor prescribing of ever more complex drug treatments, thereby putting lives at risk. Their concerns were rejected, but now Professor David Webb, one of the UK’s top clincal pharmacologists, believes that an urgent shake-up is required. He outlined his concerns at this briefing.