Predictors of academic success in a doctor of pharmacy program

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  McCall, Kenneth L ^a,b   Allen, David D ^a   Fike, David S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas Tech School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Grade point average; Graduation; Performance; Pharmacy students; Prerequisites

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS;

EID: 33750836698     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7005106     Document Type: Article

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