Designing an assessment for an abilities-based curriculum

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-125

  Monaghan, Michael S ^a   Jones, Rhonda M ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abilities based curriculum; Assessment; Curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644594171     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj690219     Document Type: Article

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