Educational interventions to improve prescribing competency: A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kamarudin, Gritta ^a   Penm, Jonathan ^a   Chaar, Betty ^a   Moles, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84885340709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003291     Document Type: Review

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