Teaching clinical pharmacology and therapeutics with an emphasis on the therapeutic reasoning of undergraduate medical students

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-224

  Richir, Milan C ^a   Tichelaar, Jelle ^a   Geijteman, Eric C T ^a   De Vries, Theo P G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacology therapeutics; Education; Pharmacotherapy; Teaching; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 39149144316     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-007-0432-z     Document Type: Review

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