Do we become better prescribers after graduation: A 1-year international follow-up study among junior doctors.

Donker EM, Brinkman DJ, van Rosse F, Janssen B, Knol W, Dumont G, Jorens PG, Dupont A, Christiaens T, van Smeden J, de Waard-Siebinga I, Peeters LEJ, Goorden R, Hessel M, Lissenberg-Witte B, Richir M, van Agtmael MA, Kramers C, Tichelaar J,

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.