Practical prescribing course: A student evaluation

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-42

  Tittle, Vicky ^a   Randall, David ^a   Maheswaran, Vidhya ^a   Webb, Andrew ^a   Quantrill, Simon ^a   Roberts, Michael ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTIONS; TEACHING;

EID: 84892153306     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tct.12106     Document Type: Article

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