Training, clinical medication review performance and self-assessed competence: Investigating influences

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-265

  Laaksonen, Raisa ^a,b   Bates, Ian ^b   Duggan, Catherine ^b,c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical medication reviews; Clinical therapeutics training; Community pharmacy; Performance; Regression; Self assessed competence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34748907235     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210701610367     Document Type: Review

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