Multicentered Study Evaluating Pharmacy Students’ Perception of Palliative Care and Clinical Reasoning Using Script Concordance Testing.
Introduction: As the role of the pharmacist on the transdisciplinary palliative care team grows, the need for adequate instruction on palliative care and clinical reasoning skills in schools of pharmacy grows accordingly. Methods: This study evaluates second- and third-year pharmacy students from 6...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 1394 - 1402 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Nov2018
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