The impact of using E-Portfolios for pharmacy students in advanced pharmacotherapy: Complicated comorbidity cases compared to traditional assessment methods in the AI era.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) as an assessment method for fifth-year pharmacy students in advanced pharmacotherapy courses focusing on complex comorbidity cases compared to traditional assessment methods, and to analyze their impact on Objective Str...
| Publicado en: | Pharmacy Practice (1886-3655) Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas S.L.
Apr-Jun2026
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