Prescribing competence of junior doctors: Does it add up?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-221

  Kidd, Lawrence ^a   Shand, E ^a   Beavis, R ^a   Taylor, Z ^b   Dunstan, F ^a   Tuthill, D ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; WALES;

EID: 77949879946     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.156042     Document Type: Article

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