The temporal and challenging faces of integration in medical education: The fate of pharmacology

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Achike, Francis ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 79958246554     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.81492     Document Type: Review

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