The Dutch list of essential drugs for undergraduate medical education: A modified Delphi study

Abstract

graduate medical curriculum. To support CP&T education, it is important to determine which drugs medical undergraduates should be able to prescribe safely and effectively without direct supervision by the time they graduate. Currently, there is Erik M. Donker and Rahul Pandit contributed equally to this work.The principal investigator of the study is Jelle Tichelaar.

The European List of Key Medicines for Medical Education: A Modified Delphi Study

“…This European list of key medicines focusing on medical education is unique as it is based on input from CPT teachers, but also junior doctors, pharmacists, and medical specialists from 24 European countries. Existing lists are either solely based on frequently prescribed medicines, are country‐specific, or were set up by a small group of experts 22–25,32–36 . The current list will form the basis for the European Prescribing Exam and will be a starting point for country‐specific lists in Europe.…”

“…In part one, an extensive list of potential medicines was created based on existing lists of medicines known to the authors, the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, and the existing list of medicines of EuroPE + ( Table ) 22–25,32–36 . The list was structured according to the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification, 37 and for each medicine the most commonly used routes of administration were listed.…”

“…In the Netherlands, participants of a recent study with the same setup investigating the Dutch list of essential medicines for medical education were asked to participate in this study 24 . These participants signed an addendum to their informed consent form.…”

Introduction to the “BRAINS & AIMS” series of pharmacological/prescribing principles of commonly prescribed (top 100) drugs: Education and discussion

“…The next thought was to try to put the two together: to apply BRAINS & AIMS principles to the top 100 drugs/classes and create a series of articles. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has very recently published a Dutch list of 134 essential drugs 19 …”

“…The next thought was to try to put the two together: to apply BRAINS & AIMS principles to the top 100 drugs/classes and create a series of articles. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has very recently published a Dutch list of 134 essential drugs 19. The aim of these papers is not to provide a definitive/ authoritative prescribing resource; for that, refer to national or local resources, guidelines and drug monographs.…”