An online debate series for first-year pharmacy students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Swu Jane ^a   Crawford, Stephanie Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critical thinking; Debate; Online; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACY STUDENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; GROUP PROCESS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TEACHING;

EID: 33947377091     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj710112     Document Type: Article

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