Do educational interventions improve prescribing by medical students and junior doctors? A systematic review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 662-670

  Ross, Sarah ^a   Loke, Yoon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug prescriptions; Junior doctors; Medical education; Medical students

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649515061     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03395.x     Document Type: Review

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