Laboratory session to improve first-year pharmacy students' knowledge and confidence concerning the prevention of medication errors

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kiersma, Mary E ^a,b   Darbishire, Patricia L ^a   Plake, Kimberly S ^a   Oswald, Christopher ^a   Walters, Brenda M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Assessment; Introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE); Medication error; Role play

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ROLE PLAYING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 70349637680     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj730699     Document Type: Article

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