Self-reported confidence in prescribing skills correlates poorly with assessed competence in fourth-year medical students

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 825-830

  Brinkman, David J ^a,b   Tichelaar, Jelle ^a   Van Agtmael, Michiel A ^a,b   De Vries, Theo P G M ^a,b   Richir, Milan C ^a,b  

^a RECIPE (Research and Expertise Center in Pharmacotherapy Education)   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

competence; medical students; prescribing skills; self assessment; self reported confidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84930621589     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcph.474     Document Type: Article

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