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Reflection and analysis of how pharmacy students learn to communicate about medication errors.

June 24, 2009

Noland CM, Rickles NM. Health Commun. 2009;24(4):351-60.

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This study conducted in-depth interviews with 44 pharmacy students and generated several themes regarding medication errors and communication. The themes included a pressure to be perfect, learning how processes can contribute to errors and their prevention, and inadequate and inconsistent training on how to handle such errors.

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