Are medical students adequately trained to prescribe at the point of sgraduation? Views of first year foundation doctors

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Han, W H ^a   Maxwell, S R J ^b  

^a Queen's Medical Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Junior doctor; Medical education; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GRADUATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 33845925733     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/RSMSMJ.51.4.27     Document Type: Article

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