European pharmacy students' experience with virtual patient technology

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cavaco, Afonso Miguel ^a   Madeira, Filipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Europe; Pharmacy education; Simulation; Survey; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY EDUCATION; PHARMACY STUDENT; SCHOOL; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; SURVEY; TEACHING; VIRTUAL PATIENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EUROPE; PHARMACY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; SURVEY; VIRTUAL PATIENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865199662     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe766106     Document Type: Article

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