Pharmacy schools as expert communities of practice? A proposal to radically restructure pharmacy education to optimize learning

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 370-380

  Duncan Hewitt, Wendy ^a   Austin, Zubin ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Health professions education; Pharmacy education; Pharmacy, curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644576519     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690354     Document Type: Review

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