Effectiveness of an educational intervention on prescription writing skill of preclerkship medical students in a problem-based learning curriculum

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 483-490

  Al Khaja, Khalid A J ^a   James, Henry ^a   Sequeira, Reginald P ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Core competency; Educational intervention; Preclerkship medical students; Prescription writing skill; Problem based learning; Student attendance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SKILL; WRITING;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84880170243     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcph.68     Document Type: Article

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