A context-learning pharmacotherapy program for preclinical medical students leads to more rational drug prescribing during their clinical clerkship in internal medicine

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-516

  Richir, M C ^a   Tichelaar, J ^a   Stam, F ^a,b   Thijs, A ^a   Danner, S A ^a   Schneider, A J ^a   De Vries, Th P G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 56449093042     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2008.82     Document Type: Article

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