The impact of rational pharmacotherapy training reinforced via prescription audit on the prescribing skills of fifth-year medical students

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 671-678

  Guney, Z ^a   Uluoglu, C ^a   Yucel, B ^a   Coskun, O ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Medical Education   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Clinician; Hypertension; Prescription audit; Rational pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CHOICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; RANK SUM TEST; RATIONAL PHARMACOTHERAPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 70449378674     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP47671     Document Type: Article

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