Publications by authors named "Itte de Waard-Siebinga"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to examine how incorporating the Dutch National Pharmacotherapy Assessment (DNPA) in medical training affects junior doctors' prescribing knowledge and skills, and to explore the link between curriculum type and their prescribing competence.
- Researchers analyzed data from a 2016 longitudinal study involving 556 junior doctors from 11 medical schools in the Netherlands and Belgium, assessing their knowledge and skills through multiple-choice questions and clinical scenarios over a year after graduation.
- Findings indicated that junior doctors trained with the DNPA scored significantly higher in knowledge assessments and improved more in skills over time compared to those from conventional curricula, particularly those with a mixed curriculum approach.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how the prescribing knowledge and skills of junior doctors in the Netherlands and Belgium develop in the year after graduation. We also analysed differences in knowledge and skills between surgical and nonsurgical junior doctors.
Methods: This international, multicentre (n = 11), longitudinal study analysed the learning curves of junior doctors working in various specialties via three validated assessments at about the time of graduation, and 6 months and 1 year after graduation.