Problem-based training for medical students reduces common prescription errors: A randomised controlled trial

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1010-1018

  Celebi, Nora ^a   Weyrich, Peter ^a   Riessen, Reimer ^a   Kirchhoff, Kerstin ^a   Lammerding Köppel, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349230978     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03452.x     Document Type: Article

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