Preadmission predictors of graduating grade point average in a professional pharmacy program

Journal of Pharmacy Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Wiest, Donald B ^a   Chumney, Elinor C G ^b,c   Nappi, Jean M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849097779     PISSN: 87551225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875512250802400104     Document Type: Article

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