Use and evaluation of "virtual" patients for assessment of clinical pharmacy undergraduates

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Marriott, J L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Case based assessment; Pharmacy; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 36749089513     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15602210701673795     Document Type: Article

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