Assessing implementation of cultural competency content in the curricula of colleges of pharmacy in the United States and Canada

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Onyoni, Esther Moraa ^a   Ives, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colleges of pharmacy; Cultural competency; Curricula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34247203142     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj710224     Document Type: Article

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