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| Sarah RossSummaryAffiliation: University of Aberdeen Country: UK Publications
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Perceived causes of prescribing errors by junior doctors in hospital inpatients: a study from the PROTECT programmeSarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
BMJ Qual Saf 22:97-102. 2013..Understanding the underlying factors is essential in developing interventions to address this problem. This study aimed to investigate the perceived causes of prescribing errors among foundation (junior) doctors in Scotland...
Prescribing and the core curriculum for tomorrow's doctors: BPS curriculum in clinical pharmacology and prescribing for medical studentsSarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 74:644-61. 2012..Although these will not necessarily be accepted universally we believe that they will help those who design and map undergraduate curricula to explore potential gaps and identify improvements...- Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients? An observational studySarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
Postgrad Med J 88:507-10. 2012..This study aimed to provisionally quantify and describe prescriptions where the identity of the decision maker and prescription writer differed... - Medical students' illness-related cognitionsSarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Med Educ 45:1241-50. 2011..This behaviour may start at medical school. This study aimed to investigate whether inappropriate responses to illness are an issue for medical students and, if so, to identify the determinants of students' responses to illness... - Development of learning outcomes for an undergraduate prescribing curriculum (British Pharmacological Society prescribing initiative)Sarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen and School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 70:604-8. 2010..This study aimed to create a consensus on the required competencies for new graduates in the area of prescribing... - Students' attitudes towards the introduction of a Personal and Professional Development portfolio: potential barriers and facilitatorsSarah Ross
University of Aberdeen, Division of Medical and Dental Education, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
BMC Med Educ 9:69. 2009..This study's aim was to survey student views about a prospective Professional and Personal Development (PPD) portfolio... 
Patient compliance in hypertension: role of illness perceptions and treatment beliefsS Ross
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Medical School, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
J Hum Hypertens 18:607-13. 2004..Beliefs about specific medications and about hypertension are predictive of compliance. Information about health beliefs is important in achieving concordance and may be a target for intervention to improve compliance...- Do educational interventions improve prescribing by medical students and junior doctors? A systematic reviewSarah Ross
Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 67:662-70. 2009..Although it is based on sound principles, there is a need for further development. Robust methods of assessment are required to show clearly whether particular teaching interventions are successful... - What is the scale of prescribing errors committed by junior doctors? A systematic reviewSarah Ross
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 67:629-40. 2009..In order to inform the design of an educational intervention, a systematic review of the literature on prescribing errors made by junior doctors was undertaken... - Stress, debt and undergraduate medical student performanceSarah Ross
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Med Educ 40:584-9. 2006..Against the background of current debate over university funding and widening access, we aimed to examine the relationships between student debt, mental health and academic performance... - Homoeopathic and herbal prescribing in general practice in ScotlandSarah Ross
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 62:647-52; discussion 645-6. 2006..To investigate the current levels of homoeopathic and herbal prescribing in Scottish general practice... - Foundation year 1 doctors and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics teaching. A retrospective view in light of experienceMansour Tobaiqy
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 64:363-72. 2007..To determine whether, in retrospect, first year foundation (FY1) programme doctors believe that their undergraduate education in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) has prepared them to prescribe safely and rationally... - Medical students' attitudes towards disability and support for disability in medicineSarah Miller
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Med Teach 31:e272-7. 2009..The number of medical students disclosing a disability is lower than the number of disabled doctors... - Learning curves, taking instructions, and patient safety: using a theoretical domains framework in an interview study to investigate prescribing errors among trainee doctorsEilidh M Duncan
Health Psychology Group, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Implement Sci 7:86. 2012..abstract:.. - A remedial intervention linked to a formative assessment is effective in terms of improving student performance in subsequent degree examinationsJennifer Cleland
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY, UK
Med Teach 32:e185-90. 2010..We asked: is remedial intervention linked to a formative assessment effective in terms of improving student performance in subsequent degree examinations?.. - What does GP out of hours care cost? An analysis of different models of out of hours care in ScotlandA Scott
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill
Scott Med J 49:61-6. 2004..The changes to out of hours care provided by General Practitioners have led to wide variation in the types and costs of out of hours care across the country... - "There is a chain of Chinese whispers ...": empirical data support the call to formally teach handover to prequalification doctorsJ A Cleland
Division of Medical Education, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 18:267-71. 2009..Shift handovers, or hand/sign-off, can give rise to miscommunication of critical information, a patient safety issue. How can we best prepare new doctors for handover?.. - Antihypertensive drug prescribing in GrampianSarah Ross
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 60:300-5. 2005..To assess the cost implications of changing prescribing patterns for antihypertensive drugs and to analyse adherence to guidelines and formulary in Grampian region over a 1 year period... - The prevalence of a raised aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) among new referrals to a hypertension clinicD Williams
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
Blood Press 15:164-8. 2006....