Doctor of pharmacy students' use of personal digital assistants

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Siracuse, Mark V ^a,c   Sowell, John G ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal digital assistant; Pharmacy student; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCALE UP; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 39449083205     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj720107     Document Type: Article

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