Impact of a diabetes certificate program on PharmD students' knowledge and skills

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ryan, Gina J ^a,c   Foster, Karla T ^a   Unterwagner, Whitney ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^b  

^a Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Certificate; Diabetes; Diabetes certificate program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKILL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 36148936806     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj710584     Document Type: Article

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