Learning of medical pharmacology via innovation: A personal experience at McMaster and in Asia

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1186-1194

  Kwan, Chiu Yin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING;

ASIA; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; PHARMACOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4544232152     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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