Pharmacy Education

The use of a high-fidelity simulation manikin in teaching clinical skills to fourth year undergraduate pharmacy students

nhaddington — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:12:52 +0000

Abstract Background: A relatively new development in simulation-based teaching in healthcare education is the use of simulation manikins. While these have been used to teach clinical skills in various health disciplines, little has been reported on their use in UK undergraduate pharmacy programmes. Aims: To investigate the use of a simulation manikin to teach clinical skills to [...] Related posts:

Implementation of a Vital Signs Skills Programme at a US School of Pharmacy: A Mechanism to Assess Competency for First-Year Student Pharmacists Abstract Context: Vital signs skills should be emphasized in US...
Collaborating to develop Clinical Pharmacy Teaching in Sri Lanka Abstract Background: Bachelor of Pharmacy programs were introduced in 2006...
Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess formulation and extemporaneous dispensing skills in MPharm undergraduates Abstract Background: The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)...

The Effect of Cross Year Peer Tutoring in Pharmacy Dispensing Classes: The Wolverhampton Experience

dgay — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:04:14 +0000

Abstract Background: Peer tutoring has been used as an educational tool for sometime in undergraduate healthcare teaching. However, in pharmacy, this approach appears not to have been reported in the literature. Aims: To gauge student opinion on a cross year peer tutoring scheme that involved senior peers (final year students) facilitating academic staff in first year dispensing [...] Related posts:

“It Made Me Feel Like a Pharmacist, Not Just a Science Student”: Pharmacy Undergraduates’ Attitudes Towards Extemporaneous Dispensing Practical Classes KEVIN M.G. TAYLOR, GEOFFREY HARDING, BRIAN BISSENDEN, OWEN SHEPHERD and...
The use of self- and peer-contribution assessments within a final year pharmaceutics assignment C. MALCOLMSON and J. SHAW Pharmacy Education, September/December 2005; 5(3/4):...
Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess formulation and extemporaneous dispensing skills in MPharm undergraduates Abstract Background: The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)...

Be Clear on Cancer: Pharmacy students’ views of communicating with cancer patients

atodd — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:24 +0000

Abstract Background: The role of the pharmacist is changing. One example of this is the potential for pharmacists in primary care to be involved in the administration and monitoring of cancer patients receiving oral chemotherapy. However, little is known about whether pharmacists feel they have sufficient communication skills training to conduct consultations with cancer patients. Aims: To [...] Related posts:

Using focus groups to develop the curriculum for a palliative cancer care online educational programme for community pharmacists. Summary This paper reports on the use of focus groups...
The use of a high-fidelity simulation manikin in teaching clinical skills to fourth year undergraduate pharmacy students Abstract Background: A relatively new development in simulation-based teaching in...
Using volunteer simulated patients in development of pre-registration pharmacists: Learning from the experience† Abstract Effective communication is recognised as a key professional skill...

Predicting the success of MPharm graduates in the pharmacy twinning programme

cnaing — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:48 +0000

Abstract Background: The twinning programme, an international collaborative education system with credit transfer scheme, is growing increasingly. Aims: To determine the association between academic banding classification on admission and the end-point academic achievement and to identify predictor(s) for the end-point academic achievement in the twinning programme. Method: A descriptive analysis of the database of 546 students in the [...] Related posts:

Perceptions of graduates and preceptors regarding a new pharmacy programme Abstract Objective: To explore perceptions of pharmacy graduates and preceptors...
Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess formulation and extemporaneous dispensing skills in MPharm undergraduates Abstract Background: The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)...
Student Focus Groups as an Element of the MPharm Quality Management Programme MICHAEL H. SOSABOWSKI et al Pharmacy Education, Vol. 1, pp....

Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology

arichardson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:39 +0000

Abstract Background: Pharmacy education requires an understanding of the fundamental principles of molecular pharmacology. Among these, abstract concepts such as affinity, association and dissociation rates and partial agonism may be difficult to demonstrate to students. Aims: We wished to devise a method to simulate drug-receptor interactions that could readily be used in teaching sessions and that would [...] Related posts:

The use of a high-fidelity simulation manikin in teaching clinical skills to fourth year undergraduate pharmacy students Abstract Background: A relatively new development in simulation-based teaching in...
A Large Group Hybrid Lecture and Problem-based Learning Approach to Teach Central Nervous System Pharmacology within the Third Year of an Integrated Masters Level Pharmacy Degree Course ALISON M. BRATT Pharmacy Education, 2003 Vol. 3 (1), pp....
A constructivist method for teaching concentration calculations to pharmacy students Abstract Concentration calculations are recognised as a general weakness in...

Collaborating to develop Clinical Pharmacy Teaching in Sri Lanka

icoombes — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:11:06 +0000

Abstract Background: Bachelor of Pharmacy programs were introduced in 2006 into two Sri Lankan universities – University of Peradeniya and University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Due to minimal clinical pharmacy experience in the country, these universities invited international colleagues to develop and teach the clinical pharmacy course. Aims: To describe development, delivery and evaluation of both a clinical [...] Related posts:

The use of a high-fidelity simulation manikin in teaching clinical skills to fourth year undergraduate pharmacy students Abstract Background: A relatively new development in simulation-based teaching in...
Monash Pharmacy Education Symposium 2011 “Pharmacy curriculum: teaching today for tomorrow’s practice” The following abstracts have been peer reviewed and appear in...
Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess formulation and extemporaneous dispensing skills in MPharm undergraduates Abstract Background: The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)...

A comparison study of perceived stress and quality of life among Master of Pharmacy and non-pharmacy master’s students

aiawadh — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:58:28 +0000

Abstract Background: Postgraduate students often live with an excessive amount of stress, which can have negative academic, emotional and health-related outcomes. Aim: To examine perceived stress and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) students compared to non-pharmacy master’s students (Non-MPharm). Method: The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), SF-12v2 survey and a questionnaire instruments were used [...] Related posts:

Attitudes of Japanese Pharmacy Students Toward Mental Illness Abstract Background – Studies have revealed high levels of stigma...
A study on the effectiveness of a stress management programme for College students SILVIA L. IGLESIAS, SERGIO AZZARA, MARIO SQUILLACE, MIRTA JEIFETZ,MARIA R....
Community pharmacy experiential placement: Comparison of preceptor and student perspectives in an Australian postgraduate pharmacy programme Abstract Background: Community Pharmacy Placements are an integral component of...

Community pharmacy experiential placement: Comparison of preceptor and student perspectives in an Australian postgraduate pharmacy programme

jfejzic — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:16:39 +0000

Abstract Background: Community Pharmacy Placements are an integral component of the pharmacy curriculum. Their success relies heavily on the willingness and capability of pharmacists to precept. Aims: To explore community pharmacy preceptors’ perceptions about factors that assist them facilitate student learning, and the corresponding pharmacy students’ perception of their experiential learning. Method: Preceptors (n=75) and their preceptees (n=83) [...] Related posts:

Experimental Education in Australian Pharmacy: Preceptors’ Perspectives Abstract Background – Experiential education is key to students understanding...
A comparison of student attitudes and intentions at the start and end of their BPharm degree programme Abstract Students’ reasons for choosing pharmacy as a course of...
An exploration of feedback provision in a pharmacy degree programme from students’ perspectives Abstract Background: When students across the United Kingdom were asked...

Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to assess formulation and extemporaneous dispensing skills in MPharm undergraduates

fionahughes — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:01:30 +0000

Abstract Background: The use of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Pharmacy has been explored; however this is the first attempt in Queen’s University School of Pharmacy, Belfast to assess students via this method in a module where chemistry is the main discipline. Aims: To devise an OSCE to assess undergraduate ability to check extemporaneously dispensed products [...] Related posts:

Advances in Pharmaceutical Education: An Experience with the Development and Implementation of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in an Undergraduate Pharmacy Program ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to describe...
Reliability, validity, and generalizability of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for assessment of entry-to-practice in pharmacy LILA QUERO MUNOZ, CAROL O’BYRNE, JOHN PUGSLEY and ZUBIN AUSTIN...
Pharmacy Student Perceptions and Feedback on the Modified Objective Structured Clinical Examination Abstract Aim: To assess pharmacy students’ perceptions and acceptance of...

Undergraduate students’ experiences in counselling patients using long-term medication – the Effects Use Problems Checkups (EUPC) method

lsaastamoinen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:37:42 +0000

Abstract Background: Monitoring the patient’s condition is not common in pharmacies and new tools to learn it are needed. Aims: To analyse the suitability of the EUPC method (a memory aid for counselling long-term medication users: Effect, Use, Problems and Checkups) for learning patient counselling in pharmacies. Method: Pharmacy students tested the EUPC method and recorded their [...] Related posts:

Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology Abstract Background: Pharmacy education requires an understanding of the fundamental...
Validation of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Medication Counselling Behaviour Guidelines I. PUUMALAINEN, P. HALONEN, H. ENLUND, K. JOHNSON and M....
A constructivist method for teaching concentration calculations to pharmacy students Abstract Concentration calculations are recognised as a general weakness in...