Educational interventions to reduce prescribing errors

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-315

  Conroy, S ^a   North, C ^a   Fox, T ^a   Haines, L ^b   Planner, C ^c   Erskine, P ^a   Wong, I ^c   Sammons, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 42249090907     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.127761     Document Type: Article

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