Impact of a focussed teaching programme on practical prescribing skills among final year medical students

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-33

  Sandilands, Euan A ^a   Reid, Karen ^a   Shaw, Laura ^a   Bateman, D Nicholas ^a   Webb, David J ^b   Dhaun, Neeraj ^a   Kluth, David C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical education; Medication errors; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78649986652     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03808.x     Document Type: Article

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