Assessment of prescribing patterns of Interns in an Urban Health Training Centre of a Tertiary care teaching hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra: A cross sectional study

Abstract

Background Internship is an important period where the medical student learns to apply the clinical knowledge. Rational prescription writing skills form the bedrock of becoming a good physician. Budding doctors are often unaware of the importance of rational drug prescribing. Hence this study was conducted to examine the drug prescribing patterns in Internship undergoing medical students.

Keywords

• Prescribing patterns, patient care indicator, interns, urban health training center