Pharmacy student focus groups for formative evaluation of the learning environment

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bhavsar, Victoria Mundy ^a   Bird, Eleanora ^b   Anderson, Heidi M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Focus groups; Formative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FACULTY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 34247248278     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj710222     Document Type: Article

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