Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Presentations
Structure of the Day: Practical Innovative Technology-based Activity to Enhance Students’ Learning Through Inter-Departmental Collaboration
Document Type
Poster Session
Event Date
7-15-2013
Conference/Event
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting
Location
Chicago, IL
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the impact of this technique on students’ ability to integrate science into practice.
Method: Concepts of formulary management and its applications in clinical practice is a challenge faced by many first professional year pharmacy students. This challenge may be attributed to a lack of foundational knowledge and practical skills at this level. Preparing students for lifelong learning mandates early exposure to practical application of concepts. This warrants the need for students to integrate knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes in clinical practice. An institutionally structured curriculum permits concurrent administration of standalone but related courses through inter-departmental collaboration. Connecting the dots in drug information, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics was identified as a creative means to accomplish this goal. A comprehensive literature search to identify existing models was conducted in Pubmed, IPA, Embase, CINAHL, and alternate resources from inception to 2013 without success. A Pre-class interactive technology-based “Structure of the Day” activity was created utilizing the Moodle course platform, Accelerys, and Soft chalk software. Students identified functional groups on new molecular entities, determined the relationships to pharmacological properties, pharmocokinetic profiles, and their applications to drug formulary management. Application activities via in-class discussions and debate were implemented to assess knowledge, attitude and ability to integrate the basic sciences into skill-building activity.
Results: The expected outcome was captured through the sequential activities facilitated by an audience response system. Details will be presented at the conference.
Implications: The investigators plan to implement this technique in the curriculum.
Keywords
Pharmacy students, technology-based learning, pedagogy, inter-departmental collaboration, cirriculum
Recommended Citation
Ansong, Miriam A. and Simpson, Denise S., "Structure of the Day: Practical Innovative Technology-based Activity to Enhance Students’ Learning Through Inter-Departmental Collaboration" (2013). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Presentations. 58.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/pharmaceutical_sciences_presentations/58
