Continuous Professional Development and Foreign-Trained Health Care Professionals: Results of an Educational Needs Assessment of International Pharmacy Graduates in Ontario (Canada)

Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 232-241

  Austin, Zubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign trained professionals; International pharmacy graduates; Pharmacy education; Professional education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345872477     PISSN: 02810662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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