Skills of Medical Students and House Officers in Prescribing Narcotic Medications.

Grossman, Stuart A.; Sheidler, Vivian R.

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ERIC Number: EJ322373

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1985

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Skills of Medical Students and House Officers in Prescribing Narcotic Medications.

Grossman, Stuart A.; Sheidler, Vivian R.

Journal of Medical Education, v60 n7 p552-57 Jul 1985

Patient management questions were used to assess ability to convert from one narcotic regimen to an approximately equal analgesic dose of a second regimen. Only eight percent of the answers were within the correct range. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drug Therapy, Higher Education, Medical Students, Medicine, Narcotics, Pharmacology, Physicians, Questionnaires, Skill Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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