Table 3.

Prescription errors organized by provider type

Physician type	Rx written	Percentage of total Rx written	Errors	Percentage of total errors	Percentage of Rx with errors
EM attending	180	18%	11	8.2%	6.1%
EM resident	467	46.7%	43	32.1%	9.2%
Non-EM attending	13	1.3%	9	6.7%	69.2%
Non-EM resident	340	34%	71	53.0%	20.9%

EM indicates emergency medicine; Rx, prescriptions.