Interns' knowledge of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics after undergraduate and on-going internship training in Nigeria: A pilot study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Oshikoya, Kazeem A ^a,b   Senbanjo, Idowu O ^b   Amole, Olufemi O ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; MINERAL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; VACCINE; VITAMIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; GRADUATE STUDENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NIGERIA; PHARMACOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 69049119253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-50     Document Type: Article

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