OBJECTIVES: The study is design to measure the prescription  error identification rate among medical students of Quetta city, Pakistan. METHODS: In this cross sectional, observational study, 300 medical undergraduate students (i.e. from pharmacy, MBBS and nursing students) were invited to complete a questionnaire comprising of 5 prescriptions, each of them containing prescription errors. The number of correctly identified errors and total number of errors present in these prescriptions were compared and error identification rate was calculated.  The descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentage) was used to present the data . All analyses were performed using SPSS 20.0. RESULTS: Two eighty two questionnaires were returned (with a response rate of 94%). Majority of the participated (n=99, 35%) were 23 years old, with  gender distribution was female dominant (n= 167, 59%).  Medication error identification rate were 43 (15%), 27 (7.4%), 34 (12.1%), 32 (11.3%) and 2 (0.7%) for prescription no 1, 2,3,4, and 5 respectively. Pharmacy student had a significantly higher rates of error  identification as compared to MBBS and nursing students.  CONCLUSIONS: The medication error identification rate was lower in the medical students. The Medication error should taught practically in curriculum of the medical education.