What are the perceived learning needs of Australian general practice registrars for quality prescribing?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ajjawi, Rola ^a   Thistlethwaite, Jill E ^b   Aslani, Parisa ^c   Cooling, Nick B ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GP Training Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

EID: 78649776276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-92     Document Type: Article

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