Teaching of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in UK medical schools: Current status in 2009

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-148

  O'Shaughnessy, Lelia ^a   Haq, Inam ^a   Maxwell, Simon ^b   Llewelyn, Martin ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacology; Therapeutics; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CURRICULUM; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 77953492100     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03665.x     Document Type: Article

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