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- Title
Teaching medication reconciliation through simulation: a patient safety initiative for second year medical students.
- Authors
Lindquist, Lee A.; Gleason, Kristine M.; McDaniel, Molly R.; Doeksen, Allan; Liss, David
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Errors in medication reconciliation constitute a large area of potential injury to patients. Medication reconciliation is rarely incorporated into medical school curriculums so students learn primarily from observing clinical care.<bold>Aim: </bold>To design and implement an interactive learning exercise to teach second year medical students about medication reconciliation<bold>Setting: </bold>Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Medication Reconciliation Simulation teaches medical students how to elicit information from active real-world sources to reconcile a medication history.<bold>Program Evaluation: </bold>At the conclusion of the session, students completed a Likert scale survey rating the level of improvement in their knowledge and comfort in obtaining medication histories. Students rated their knowledge level as having increased by 27% and their comfort level as having increased by 20%. A full 91% of the 158 students felt that it should be performed again for the following medical student class.<bold>Discussion: </bold>The Medication Reconciliation Simulation is the first to specifically target medication reconciliation as a curriculum topic for medical students. Students praised the entertaining simulation and felt it provided a very meaningful experience on the patient safety topic. This simulation is generalizable to other institutions interested in teaching medication reconciliation and improving medication safety.
- Subjects
CHICAGO (Ill.); ILLINOIS; DRUGS; MEDICAL students; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL schools
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 7, p998
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-008-0567-3