Assuring excellence in distance pharmaceutical education

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hunter, Tracy S ^a   Deziel Evans, Lisa ^a   Marsh, Wallace A ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Distributive education; Virtual university

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844333778     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj670394     Document Type: Review

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