Assessing Communicative Competency of International Pharmacy Graduates in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Austin, Zubin ^a   Galli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Foreign trained professionals; Language assessment; Pharmacy education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE TEST; LICENSING; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPEECH; WRITING;

EID: 0345872484     PISSN: 02810662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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