Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training: The IMPACT (IMProving Antimicrobial presCribing of doctors in Training) realist review

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Wong, Geoff ^a   Brennan, Nicola ^b   Mattick, Karen ^c   Pearson, Mark ^c   Briscoe, Simon ^c   Papoutsi, Chrysanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945582294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009059     Document Type: Article

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