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An evaluation of the World Health Organization problem-based pharmacotherapy teaching courses (based on the “Guide to Good Prescribing”), 1994–2001

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  1. The reference panel comprised Dr. Karen Barnes, Cape Town, South Africa; Prof. Theo de Vries, Amsterdam, Holland; Dr. Dennis Ross-Degnan, Boston, MA, USA; Prof. Budiono Santoso, Manila, Philippines, and Prof. Rob Summers, Pretoria, South Africa.

  2. Denominators vary slightly depending on whether participants answered all the items.

References

  1. World Health Organization (1994) Guide to good prescribing. WHO, Geneva

  2. Hogerzeil H (ed) (2001) Teacher’s guide to good prescribing. WHO, Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, Geneva

  3. Meyer JC, Summers RS, Moller H (2001) Randomized, controlled trial of prescribing training in a South African province. Med Educ 35:833–840

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  1. Faculty of Health, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology and WHO Collaborating Centre in Pharmacotherapy and Rational Drug Use, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle Mater Hospital, Level 5, Clinical Sciences Building, Waratah, NSW, 2298, Australia

    Anthony Smith, Suzanne Hill & Emily Walkom

  2. Medicines Regulatory Affairs, National Department of Health, South Africa

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Smith, A., Hill, S., Walkom, E. et al. An evaluation of the World Health Organization problem-based pharmacotherapy teaching courses (based on the “Guide to Good Prescribing”), 1994–2001. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 61, 785–786 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-005-0990-x

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