Selecting pharmacy students with appropriate communication skills

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Spring 2000 by Jones, Janet, Krass, Ines, Holder, Gerald M, Robinson, Rosalie A

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Janet Jones1

Learning Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

Ines Krass, Gerald M. Holder and Rosalie A. Robinson

Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

1email: jjones@mail.usyd.edu.au

2Personal communication - registrars of the Pharmacy Boards of NSW and Victoria.

Received November 12, 1999, accepted February 2, 2000.