A prescription for better prescribing: Summary of responses

Many of the 18 other responses to the editorial by Aronson et al (mainly from UK based doctors and pharmacists) emphasised the importance of teamwork and communication as key to improving prescribing.1 The dean of the University of East Anglia Medical School, Sam Leinster, and his pharmacology lecturer colleague Yoon Loke were, however, concerned that the editorial had drawn conclusions about the quality of teaching before the data had been collected and evaluated.

Proposed solutions to the perceived problem include drawing on …