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Frequency of prescribing errors by medical residents in various training programs.

Honey BL, Bray WM, Gomez MR, Condren M. J Patient Saf. 2015;11:100-104.

Pediatric patients are at particularly high risk for medication errors. This study analyzed the prescribing error rate across residents in several training programs in an outpatient pediatric clinic. Somewhat surprisingly, senior residents were equally as likely as first-year residents to make prescribing errors.

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