Development of an undergraduate pharmacogenomics curriculum

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1979-1986

  O'Brien, Travis J ^a   Goodsaid, Federico ^a   Plack, Margaret ^a   Harralson, Arthur ^a,b   Harrouk, Wafa ^a   Hales, Tim G ^a   Mandel, H George ^a   Perry, David C ^a   Kennedy, Katherine ^a   Sarvazyan, Narine ^a   Chiappinelli, Vincent A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Pharmacogenetics; Pharmacogenomics; Training; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; PHARMACOGENETICS; TEACHING;

EID: 73649098830     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pgs.09.145     Document Type: Article

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