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Impact of Pharmacist-Led Prescription Writing Intervention on Undergraduate Medical Students

Bashayer M. AlShehail1, Zainab A. Al Jamea2★, Nouf Alotaibi3, Ali H. Sumayli4, Abdulsalam Alasseri2, Khalid Eljaaly5, Ahmed Alenazi6, Mohammed M. Alsultan1, Sawsan M. Kurdi1, Dhafer M. Alshayban1, Marwan Alwazzeh7, Sara Al-Warthan7, Mashael Alhajri8, Wafa Alzlaiq1, Muna Islami9, Mohammed K. Alkhathlan10, Mashael Almustafa2, Zainab Al-Darorah2, Ibrahim Asiri1, Rania AlJaizani1★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Pharmacy Practice Department, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  2. 2Pharmaceutical Care Department, King Fahd University Hospital – Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  3. 3Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  4. 4Pharmacy Department, Armed Forces Medical Services, Dhahran, 31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  5. 5Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  6. 6Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Hospital – National Guard Health Affairs, Dammam, 31412, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  7. 7Internal Medicine Department, King Fahd University Hospital – Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  8. 8Internal Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  9. 9Pharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, 23433, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  10. 10International Programs School, Ministry of Education, 34236, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Zainab A. Al Jamea

Pharmaceutical Care Department, King Fahd University Hospital – Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

zajamea@iua.edu.sa

Received: 18-04-2024; Accepted: 10-07-2024.

Volume 23, Issue 1 · pp. 3092 · PUBLISHED 5 March 2025 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2025.1.3092

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ABSTRACT

Background: Prescribing errors present a critical concern in practice where junior doctors initiate the majority of prescriptions. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention provided to undergraduate medical students on the appropriateness and self-perceived readiness to prescribe medications. Methods: This pharmacist-led pre-and-post-intervention study included female undergraduate medical students enrolled in the prescription practice course between Oct 19 and Nov 15 2022, at King Fahad University Hospital in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. The course involved three main domains: a pre-module assessment, formal training in the principles of prescription writing, and a post-module assessment. The pre-module assessment was designed to assess the students’ ability to write a prescription for a given patient scenario. After that, formal training in the principles of prescription writing was conducted, which highlighted the elements of prescription writing based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for good prescription. Finally, the post-module assessment was utilized to evaluate the knowledge the students gained during the session, asking them to re-write a prescription for the same patient scenario. Results: This study assessed one hundred twenty-four students before and after writing the prescription course. The mean score and standard deviation before the course were 8.65±2.362, and they significantly improved after the course. Their mean score after the course was 14.2±0.988 (P-value <0.001). Conclusion: The pharmacist-led prescription writing intervention for undergraduate medical students has improved their skills, knowledge, and confidence. Thus, this supports incorporating prescription writing into undergraduate medical students’ education with pharmacist involvement.

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    AlShehail, B. M., Jamea, Z. A. A., Alotaibi, N., Sumayli, A. H., Alasseri, A., Eljaaly, K., Alenazi, A., Alsultan, M. M., Kurdi, S. M., Alshayban, D. M., Alwazzeh, M., Al-Warthan, S., Alhajri, M., Alzlaiq, W., Islami, M., Alkhathlan, M. K., Almustafa, M., Al-Darorah, Z., Asiri, I., & AlJaizani, R. (2025). Impact of Pharmacist-Led Prescription Writing Intervention on Undergraduate Medical Students. Pharmacy Practice, 23(1), 3092. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2025.1.3092