Teaching of medical pharmacology: The need to nurture the early development of desired attitudes for safe and rational drug prescribing

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 847-854

  Gwee, Matthew C E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG TOXICITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953829357     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590903168119     Document Type: Review

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