How prepared are medical graduates to begin prescribing?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 425-427

  Pillans, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRESCRIPTIONS; QUEENSLAND; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 68349105042     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01975.x     Document Type: Editorial

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