THE PRACTICAL SKILLS IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION - THE KEY OF SAFE PHARMACOTHERAPY
The professional competence of a specialist with higher medical education involves the skills of prescription writing for medicinal preparations in any drug forms. Common errors in prescription writing made by medical staff, their negative value in ensuring effective and safe pharmacotherapy are analyzed in the article. The necessity of optimizing the formation of practical skills in making of medical prescription in students during the study period at a medical academy is discussed by authors. The formation of this competence is an obligatory condition for the training of highly qualified specialists and guarantee of safe pharmacotherapy in the future. The system approach with participation of clinical departments for this competence development is suggested in the article.The increase of requirements to the medical staff on proper medical prescription writing from the agency of medicinal preparation control and pharmaceutical organizations engaged by prescription drug can contributes the realization of the competence in professional education.