Educational card games to teach pharmacotherapeutics in an advanced pharmacy practice experience

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Barclay, Sean M ^a   Jeffres, Meghan N ^a   Bhakta, Ragini ^a  

^a ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Advanced pharmacy practice experience; Card games; Learning preferences; VARK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RECREATION; TEACHING;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TEACHING MATERIALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046980256     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe75233     Document Type: Article

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