Prescribing is an essential skill for all newly qualified doctors. With an expanding national formulary and ageing population bringing added pressures of polypharmacy and complex health needs, there are now greater demands to prescribe drugs safely and effectively. Despite being outlined as a core competency in the General Medical Council (GMC)'s Outcomes for Graduates, literature shows that the majority of medical graduates do not feel confident in prescribing at the onset of their careers, a trend reflected during data collection for this project. Most medical school curricula cover clinical pharmacology through didactic lecture-based teaching. However, studies demonstrate that active learning techniques, such as case or team-based learning, improve knowledge retention and facilitate a smoother transition from theory to real-life problems.
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