Individualized education and competency development of Croatian community pharmacists using the general level framework

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Meštrović, Arijana ^a   Staničić, Živka ^b   Hadžiabdić, Maja Ortner ^b   Mucalo, Iva ^b   Bates, Ian ^c   Duggan, Catherine ^d   Carter, Sarah ^e   Bruno, Andreia ^f   Košiček, Miljenko ^g  

^a Farmacia Education Centre   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Global Education Taskforce   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association   (United Kingdom)

^f International Pharmaceutical Federation Collaborating Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g PLIVA CROATIA LTD   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Competency development; Continuing education; Continuing professional development; General level framework; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; CROATIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL LEVEL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY; COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GENERAL LEVEL FRAMEWORK; PHARMACIST;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CROATIA; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858315862     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe76223     Document Type: Article

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