Play it again: The master psychopharmacology program as an example of interval learning in bite-sized portions

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 491-504

  Stahl, Stephen M ^a   Davis, Richard L ^b   Kim, Dennis H ^c   Lowe, Nicole Gellings ^d   Carlson, Richard E ^e   Fountain, Karen ^f   Grady, Meghan M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Arbor Scientia in Carlsbad   (United States)

^c Medical writers for Arbor Scientia in Carlsbad   (United States)

^d Director of content development   (United States)

^e Director of continuing medical education   (United States)

^f NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 77956132944     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900000444     Document Type: Article

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