Reinforcing cultural competency concepts during introductory pharmacy practice experiences

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Vyas, Deepti ^a,b   Caligiuri, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b California Northstate College of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Experiential education; Health disparities; Introductory pharmacy practice experience; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; EVALUATION;

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITIES; INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TEACHING;

EID: 77957155000     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj7407129     Document Type: Article

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