A survey of pharmacy education in Thailand

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Chanakit, Teeraporn ^a   Low, Bee Yean ^b   Wongpoowarak, Payom ^c   Moolasarn, Summana ^d   Anderson, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Global Survey; Pharmacy education; PharmD; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING; THAILAND; TIME; UNIVERSITY; WORKLOAD;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FACULTY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84916603555     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe789161     Document Type: Article

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