Teaching medication reconciliation through simulation: a patient safety initiative for second year medical students.

Lee A. Lindquist; Kristine M. Gleason; Molly R. McDaniel; Allan Doeksen; David Liss

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Teaching medication reconciliation through simulation: a patient safety initiative for second year medical students.

July 23, 2008

Lindquist LA, Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(7):998-1001.

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This article describes a program developed to teach medical students how to compile an accurate medication history through simulated real-world scenarios with "actor" patients.

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