An evaluation of pharmacology curricula in Australian science and health-related degree programs

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lloyd, Hilary ^a   Hinton, Tina ^a   Bullock, Shane ^b   Babey, Anna Marie ^c   Davis, Elizabeth ^d   Fernandes, Lynette ^e   Hart, Joanne ^f   Musgrave, Ian ^g   Ziogas, James ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Medicine; Nursing; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Science; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; PHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887661520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-153     Document Type: Article

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