Purpose: With a growing need to assess multiple aspects of healthcare education, the goal of this study was to develop an innovative web-based application to streamline assessment processes and meet the increasingly complex role of the educational manager. Design/methodology/approach: AARDVARC (Automated Approach to Reviewing and Developing…

Increasingly, the curricula of many clinical programs have been restructured to an integrated model in which foundational sciences such as physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology are taught side by side with clinical reasoning. Case studies are an excellent pedagogical strategy for enhancing such integration, especially if such cases are…

In response to the closure of many university laboratories due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a handbook and remote webinar approach designed to support students in the use of software tools for computer-aided drug design has been developed. Specifically, the course has been designed for chemistry and pharmacy students who have little or no…

Analytical chemistry has often been a difficult subject to teach in a classroom or lecture-based context. Numerous strategies for overcoming the inherently practical-based difficulties have been suggested, each with differing pedagogical theories. Here, we present a combined approach to tackling the problem of teaching analytical chemistry, with…

Students at Creighton University's School of Pharmacy were offered the option of taking a pharmacy jurisprudence course by a self-taught, self-paced mode or by the traditional lecture mode. Comparasions were made of students in each group. Topics of the learning module and NABPLEX propositions for examining competency are included. (SW)

An approach to the teaching of biostatistics is discussed that is presented in a multistage fashion beginning with a core of knowledge in a separate course but rapidly integrated with other basic science and clinical courses in the pharmacy curriculum. Biostatistics is thus seen as more interesting and relevant to the student. (LBH)

A course in educational techniques and skills for pharmacy educators was initiated in 1974 at the University of Kentucky by the Colleges of Pharmacy and Education. It is an adaptation of a general methods course offered to secondary education majors and is taught by an instructor in the College of Education. (LBH)

A two-semester program entitled "Introduction to Disease States and Related Therapeutics" was introduced into the second professional year at Creighton University's School of Pharmacy. It was divided into 16 identifiable modules that were subdivided into 225 learning packages covering about 95 different disease entities. (LBH)

Using participation in weekly case discussions, the main intent of the required course described here is to prepare pharmacists in the practical aspects of drug therapy for common disorders. The course confronts the student with specific situations in a setting where they can be researched and responses prepared in advance. (LBH)

An elective course intended to prepare the pharmacist as an educator on fertility control is outlined in some detail, and its text, examinations, and instructional methods are briefly noted. The course's popularity and student evaluations suggested that it was a valuable addition to the curriculum at the University of Nebraska. (MSE)

Since research shows the proportion of pharmacy students with high communication apprehension greater than in the general population, a formal program to combine systematic desensitization and cognitive restructuring with classroom instruction was developed. Results indicate substantial reductions in communication apprehension. (Author/MSE)

At Ohio State University, an undergraduate course extends the course sequence in biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics to application to problems in optimizing drug therapy. Course content, structure, instructional methods, and student term projects are described, and a course outline, typical projects, and some behavioral objectives are appended.…

This paper describes the development and evolution of a modular pharmacy practice course that uses practitioners as role-model instructors in prepared and impromptu scenarios. The course reviews the top 200 drug products while introducing students to both community and institutional practice settings. Appendices include a summary of the…

Five sets of computer-assisted instruction programs support undergraduate curricula at St. John's. They give the individual student an opportunity to test his familiarity with fundamental drug nomenclature in an engaging, self-directed manner. (LBH)

In order to provide University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy students with some of the attitudes and skills needed to communicate a structured presentation, a course titled "Audiovisual Techniques of Scientific Presentation" was designed and implemented. Immediate success among students is described. (LBH)