Mandatory pharmacy residencies: one way to reduce medication errors.

Rami B Ibrahim; Lilian Bahgat-Ibrahim; David Reeves

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Mandatory pharmacy residencies: one way to reduce medication errors.

April 7, 2010

Ibrahim RB, Bahgat-Ibrahim L, Reeves D. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(6):477-81.

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The authors discuss how a clinical residency requirement during pharmacy training could improve medication safety.

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