A method for teaching continuous quality improvement to student pharmacists through a practical application project

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Skledar, Susan J ^a,b   McKaveney, Teresa P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmacy education; Practical application; Quality improvement; Student pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 72049111743     PISSN: 18771297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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