Medical, nursing, and pharmacy students' ability to recognize potential drug-drug interactions: A comparison of healthcare professional students

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 216-221

  Warholak, Terri L ^a   Hines, Lisa E ^a   Song, Mi Chi ^b   Gessay, Austin ^c   Menke, J Michael ^d   Sherrill, Duane ^a   Reel, Sally ^a   Murphy, John E ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Walgreens   (United States)

^d Patient Reported Outcome Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Drug interaction; Education; Health care; Health professional student; Medical errors; Patient safety; Pharmacology; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG INTERACTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954525305     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2011.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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