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A Peer-Assisted Learning System ('PALS') approach to teaching basic sciences. A model developed in basic medical pharmacology instruction

RALPH W. TROTTIER Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pages 43-47 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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