Early indicators of success in a pharmacy curriculum: The role of pre-professional science and mathematics courses

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 215-218

  Crow, Robert T ^a   Gaebelein, Claude J ^a   Patel, Mona ^a  

^a ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Assessment; Grade point average; Pharmacy students; Pre pharmacy students; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30844471094     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210500298224     Document Type: Article

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