Future Medical Doctors Are Ready to Prescribe Antimicrobials Safely and Rationally
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https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i12.21930Keywords:
Future Medical Doctors, Prescribe, Antimicrobials, Safely, RationallyAbstract
Therefore, the answer remains in improving clinical pharmacology teaching and learning in undergraduate curriculum [40, 41]with necessary assessment program regarding prescribing skill [40]need to incorporate with the hope situation will improve to provide better health care for common people of this planet.Â
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