e-Learning initiatives to support prescribing

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 621-631

  Maxwell, Simon ^a   Mucklow, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b British Pharmacological Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Learning; Education; Medical student; Patient safety; Prescribing; Prescribing errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CURRICULUM; E LEARNING; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 84865840244     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04300.x     Document Type: Article

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