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Research Article

Pharmacy students’ perceptions and attitudes toward face-to-face vs. virtual team-based learning (TBL) in the didactic curriculum: A mixed-methods study

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Article: 2226851 | Received 17 Mar 2023, Accepted 13 Jun 2023, Published online: 21 Jun 2023

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