Medical clerkships do not reduce common prescription errors among medical students

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Celebi, N ^a   Kirchhoff, K ^a   Lammerding Koppel M ^b   Riessen, R ^a   Weyrich, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Adverse drug reaction; Drug related problems; Medical education; Medical student; Medication error; Pharmacotherapy; Prescription error

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; LEVOTHYROXINE; LISINOPRIL;

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955553536     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-010-0530-9     Document Type: Article

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