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Article: Medical education lacks emphasis on adverse drug reactions.
- Article from:
- Drug Week
- Article date:
- March 15, 2002
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2002 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although studies have reported that adverse drug reactions may cause more than 100,000 deaths annually in the United States, only a small percnetage of the curriculum at many medical schools is dedicated to recognizing and reporting adverse drug reactions, according to a study conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center and published in the current issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
The study also found that residents - newly minted physicians in specialty training - receive only a modest amount of education in this area. "The lack of time dedicated to clinical pharmacology and adverse drug reactions ...