[
    {
        "id": "osp-10929",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Use of Prescription Drugs and Investigations by Doctors in Primary Care Settings in Oman and the UK",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Davidson",
                "given": "Robin"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/use-of-prescription-drugs-and-investigations-by-doctors-in-primary-care-settings-in-oman-and-the-uk",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "16",
        "issue": "4",
        "page": "487-490",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2016.16.04.014",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This audit aimed to investigate the use of prescription drugs and investigations by trainee doctors in primary care settings in Oman and the UK. Methods: This audit took place between February and April 2015. The medical records of consecutive patients seen by five family medicine trainee doctors at a primary care setting in Oman were retrospectively reviewed. These data were compared to those gathered from two trainees at a general practice clinic in the UK as well as an experienced general practitioner (GP) who had practiced in both countries. Results: The average number of items prescribed per patient was 1.19, 0.43 and 0.24 and the rate of investigations was 20%, 21% and 11% for Omani trainees, UK trainees and the GP, respectively. Conclusion: This audit suggests that family medicine trainees in Oman prescribe almost three times as many drugs as trainees in the UK. The findings also point towards an over-investigation of the relatively young Omani patient population."
    }
]