Introduction: Medication errors play a major role in world today. International studies have been done which found incorrect dosage calculation was the most common medication error. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the ability of drug dose calculation abilities among doctors in a tertiary care hospital in India. Method: It was a prospective, questionnaire based study during the year 2014-2015. Doctors from different specialities were involved. Result: 70 doctors completed the questionnaire. The mean actual score on the test was 74.8% (95% CI, 68.6%–81.1%). It was found that senior & doctors of emergency & critical care specialities scored better than others. Conclusion: Drug dose calculation abilities were found to be overall lower than expected. So training in this field is recommended for the benefit of patients.

 

Keywords: Drug; Medication; Critical Care; Tertiary Care.