Healthcare professional students' knowledge of drug-drug interactions

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Harrington, Amanda R ^a   Warholak, Terri L ^a   Hines, Lisa E ^a   Taylor, Ann M ^a   Sherrill, Duane ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug interaction knowledge; Drug drug interaction; Medical education; Nurse practitioner education; Pharmacy education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DRUG INTERACTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; DRUG INTERACTION KNOWLEDGE; DRUG-DRUG INTERACTION; NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION; PHARMACY EDUCATION;

ARIZONA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

DRUG INTERACTION KNOWLEDGE; DRUG-DRUG INTERACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION; PHARMACY EDUCATION;

EID: 83455218045     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe7510199     Document Type: Article

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