Comparison of learning styles of pharmacy students and faculty members

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Crawford, Stephanie Y ^a   Alhreish, Suhail K ^a   Popovich, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty; Learning; Learning preferences; Learning styles; Pharmacy students; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871349309     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe7610192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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