Editorial: Teaching pharmacology in an innovative medical curriculum: Challenges of integration, technology, and future training

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-16

  Achike, Francis I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; INFORMATION; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SCIENCE; SKILL; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PHARMACOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 72749097454     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270009343697     Document Type: Editorial

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