The effect of different levels of realism of context learning on the prescribing competencies of medical students during the clinical clerkship in internal medicine: An exploratory study

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-242

  Tichelaar, Jelle ^a   Van Kan, Coen ^a   Van Unen, Robert J ^a   Schneider, Anton J ^a   Van Agtmael, Michiel A ^a   De Vries, Theo P G M ^a   Richir, Milan C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Context learning; Medical students; Pharmacotherapy; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONSULTATION; CONTEXT LEARNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84923041902     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1790-y     Document Type: Article

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