Release Date: 01/18/2011

Medical students should have basic knowledge of common medication errors before they begin seeing patients at the hospital, and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report that allowing them to play detective by watching, spotting and analyzing medical errors as they occur can go a long way toward helping prevent potentially fatal mistakes in their future practices.

For additional information:
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Teaching-Future-Doctors-The-Basics-of-Medication-Errors.aspx