Do medical students copy the drug treatment choices of their teachers or do they think for themselves?

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-412

  Tichelaar, J ^a   Richir, M C ^a   Avis, H J ^a   Scholten, H J ^a   Antonini, N F ^a   De Vries, Th P G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug treatment choice; Medical students; Pharmacotherapy; Therapeutic reasoning; Undergraduate teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; TEACHING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77953941328     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-009-0743-3     Document Type: Article

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