A review of educational assessment

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-100

  Anderson, Heidi M ^a   Anaya, Guadalupe ^b   Bird, Eleanora ^a   Moore, Deborah L ^c  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Methodology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644591268     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690112     Document Type: Review

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