Effectiveness of educational technology to improve patient care in pharmacy curricula

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Smith, Michael A ^a   Benedict, Neal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided instruction; Human patient simulators; Pharmacy; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY STUDENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84923385657     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe79115     Document Type: Review

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