Winnie
It has nothing to do with foreigners
Btw ” the boards for foreign-born students were harder than for US students” Isnt true. The boards are the same. Though since US schools/residences train for the boards US grads have an easier time passing, but it is the same test.
That said the Boards doesnt test dosing. Dosing doesnt depend opn how good you are there are practically infinite doses (ok not literally) when you consider all the meds available, some doses change based on age, kidney function, liver function, indication.
Of course every order should be checked before being entered but the reality is that this isnt practical. Especialy when you consider circumstnces chaneg in hospital setting (eEg Crcl is less than was a week ago, now dose needs to be changed)
So what Ironpenguin says is 100% true (again not that it should be that way) “PAs and doctors that they will sometimes rely on the pharmacist to “proofread” their orders.”
Of course this is further complicated by the fact that pharmacies rely on an out-dated measure of kidney function which is no longer considered accurate but when doses were studied they used that modality.