Engaging pharmacy students with diverse patient populations to improve cultural competence

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Haack, Sally ^a,b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Diversity; Experiential education

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; LEARNING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 55749105533     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7205124     Document Type: Article

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