A Single Academic Site Study of Five Years Evaluating Pharmacy Students' Palliative Care Clinical Reasoning Using Script Concordance Testing.
Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a Pain and Palliative Care elective didactic course on enhancing clinical reasoning skills among Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students using the Script Concordance Test (SCT). As palliative care education becomes increasingly vital in pharmacy...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine Vol. 42; no. 12; pp. 1229 - 1234 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec2025
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