Stemming the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance (STAR): A protocol for a trial of a complex intervention addressing the 'why' and 'how' of appropriate antibiotic prescribing in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Simpson, Sharon A ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^a   Hood, Kerry ^a   Cohen, David ^b   Dunstan, Frank ^a   Evans, Meirion R ^a   Rollnick, Stephen ^a   Moore, Laurence ^a   Hare, Monika ^a   Bekkers, Marie Jet ^a   Evans, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; TRAINING; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 64249083202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-20     Document Type: Article

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