Doctors’ education session cuts opioid scripts
One half-hour talk made a 'significant' difference to junior doctors' prescribing to surgical patients, a Melbourne study shows
Junior doctors given a 30-minute education session about opioids after surgery prescribed fewer of the drugs to patients on discharge, a Melbourne study shows.
Patients were 70% more likely to leave hospital without opioids following the education session, researchers report in the Medical Journal of Australia.
