Quantification of curricular content devoted to point-of-care testing for infectious diseases in schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Huang, Vanthida ^a   Klepser, Michael E ^b   Gubbins, Paul O ^c   Bergman, Scott J ^d   Chahine, Elias B ^e   Halilovic, Jenana ^f   Hidayat, Levita K ^g   Matthias, Kathryn R ^h   Tesh, Lauren D ⁱ  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^e PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^g TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ Division of Advisory Committee and Consultant Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Pharmacy curriculum; Point of care tests

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACY STUDENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924459161     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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