Assessing prescription writing skills of pre-clerkship medical students in a problem-based learning curriculum

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Al Khaja, K A J ^a   Handu, S S ^a   James, H ^a   Mathur, V S ^a   Sequeira, R P ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Pre clerkship medical students; Prescription writing skills; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; SKILL; WRITING;

EID: 24944573139     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cpp43429     Document Type: Article

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