A decade of teaching pharmaceutics using case studies and problem-based learning

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Romero, Rebecca M ^a   Eriksen, Stuart P ^a   Haworth, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 14644427861     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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