Drawing on these findings, we set out explicit recommendations for optimal tailoring, design and implementation of antimicrobial prescribing interventions targeted at doctors in training. The review outlines how these outcomes result from complex inter-relationships between the contexts of practice doctors in training are embedded in (hierarchical relationships, powerful prescribing norms, unclear roles and responsibilities, implicit expectations about knowledge levels and application in practice) and the mechanisms triggered in these contexts (fear of criticism and individual responsibility, reputation management, position in the clinical team and appearing competent).

Upload Report Submit Find a Doctor Blogs My Reports Investors Research Contact Us SOS. Get free Second opinion from India’s Leading specialists. Most of these study plans incorporate books like Boards and Wards or Secrets rather than write their own. With 2300+ doctors & a network of 14 hospitals in India, we offer treatment across 29 specialties. They can be helpful to students who require some direction or organization but its not as if they provide better information. The programme theory also explains what drives willingness or reluctance to ask questions about antimicrobial prescribing or to challenge the decisions made by seniors. In my experience, a lot of these systems are gimics. The overarching programme theory developed from the analysis of these articles explains how and why doctors in training decide to passively comply with or actively follow (1) seniors’ prescribing habits, (2) the way seniors take into account prescribing aids and seek the views of other health professionals and (3) the way seniors negotiate patient expectations.

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