Clinical cultural competency and knowledge of health disparities among pharmacy students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Okoro, Olihe N ^a   Odedina, Folakemi T ^a   Reams, Romonia R ^b   Thomas Smith, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Curriculum; Health disparities; Student pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHARMACY STUDENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STUDENT PHARMACIST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH DISPARITIES; STUDENT PHARMACIST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859589177     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe76340     Document Type: Article

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