Including the assessment of nontraditional factors in pharmacy school admissions

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-726

  Latif, David A ^a  

^a SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nontraditional variables; Pharmacy College Admissions Test

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE TEST; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY;

EID: 15444380716     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E498     Document Type: Review

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