Table 2

Frequency of review of medication charts on subspecialty ward rounds

Specialty
No. of Patients Seen on Ward Round
Frequency of Medication Chart Review

Haematology


A
6
83%

3
100%
B
3
100%

8
75%
Mean
5
90%



Liver Transplant


A
5
100%
B
5
100%
C
4
75%
D
5
80%
E
5
80%
Mean
5
87%



Gastroenterology


A
11
45%
B
7
43%

5
80%
C
10
50%

9
44%
Mean
8
52%



Cardiology


A
13
61%
B
4
75%
Mean
8
68%



Renal Medicine


A
16
87%

In each specialty each of the physicians who were observed is represented by a separate letter. Each physician was observed on either one or two occasions.

Li Looi and Black BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2008 8:9   doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-9