Learning safe prescribing during post-take ward rounds.

Emma Conroy-Smith; Roselle Herring; Gordon Caldwell

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Learning safe prescribing during post-take ward rounds.

June 8, 2011

Conroy-Smith E, Herring R, Caldwell G. The clinical teacher. 2011;8(2):75-8.

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This article describes how a rounds-based medication chart review initiative was implemented to educate physicians and medical students on medication safety behaviors.

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