Schoolwide implementation of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs): A first-year report

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-6

  DeHart, Renee M ^a,b   Monk Tutor, Mary R ^a   Worthington, Mary A ^a,c   Price, Sherry O ^a,d   Sowell, John G ^a  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Center East   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Compounding Shoppe ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Personal digital assistant; Pharmacy education; Survey; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 14844291537     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj680498     Document Type: Review

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