Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 93-97 , December 2009

A model for motivating PharmD students to pursue a PhD degree

  • Matthew L. Banks, PharmD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • ,
  • Kevin Haynes, PharmD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Jon E. Sprague, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Jon E. Sprague, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Dean, Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, 525 South Main St., Ada, OH 45810

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doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2009.10.008

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 93-97 , December 2009

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