Junior doctor-led 'near-peer' prescribing education for medical students

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-129

  Gibson, Kyle R ^a   Qureshi, Zeshan U ^a   Ross, Michael T ^a   Maxwell, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

junior doctors; medical education; medical students; prescribing; teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84891076950     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12147     Document Type: Article

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