TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacy subjects development
AU - Morrissey, Hana
AU - Ball, Patrick
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - The delivery of adult education is fast changing from the classroom model to a blended, flexible style. Adults are more responsive when able to balance study and work, and have flexibility also in relation to time and place. Some pharmacy students are mature in age and are undertaking their second degree. The final year of the undergraduate pharmacy course prepares students for their internship year. The aim of the study was to develop the final-year subjects "Therapeutics" and "Clinical Pharmacy" in a pharmacy program to a model more suitable for adult learning while meeting the Australian Pharmacy Council undergraduate pharmacy course criteria in a flexible, blended problem-based style. The two subjects' 2009 and 2010 evaluations and their materials were reviewed. Areas of students' concerns were addressed, tested as pilot in 2011, and partially implemented in 2012 with final implementation in 2013. Pharmacy is a changing profession, increasingly evolving around information and communication technologies. For graduates to be work-ready, universities should review and update content, in line with practice developments in order to keep subjects current. By the first session in 2013, the two subjects were delivered in a blended mode, with lectures that included interactive case studies and poll questions, online quizzes, and practical classes. Assessments became face-to-face, online, and written. Ongoing evaluation will be undertaken annually.
AB - The delivery of adult education is fast changing from the classroom model to a blended, flexible style. Adults are more responsive when able to balance study and work, and have flexibility also in relation to time and place. Some pharmacy students are mature in age and are undertaking their second degree. The final year of the undergraduate pharmacy course prepares students for their internship year. The aim of the study was to develop the final-year subjects "Therapeutics" and "Clinical Pharmacy" in a pharmacy program to a model more suitable for adult learning while meeting the Australian Pharmacy Council undergraduate pharmacy course criteria in a flexible, blended problem-based style. The two subjects' 2009 and 2010 evaluations and their materials were reviewed. Areas of students' concerns were addressed, tested as pilot in 2011, and partially implemented in 2012 with final implementation in 2013. Pharmacy is a changing profession, increasingly evolving around information and communication technologies. For graduates to be work-ready, universities should review and update content, in line with practice developments in order to keep subjects current. By the first session in 2013, the two subjects were delivered in a blended mode, with lectures that included interactive case studies and poll questions, online quizzes, and practical classes. Assessments became face-to-face, online, and written. Ongoing evaluation will be undertaken annually.
KW - adult education
KW - article
KW - clinical evaluation
KW - clinical examination
KW - clinical pharmacy
KW - education program
KW - human
KW - interpersonal communication
KW - learning
KW - pharmacy
KW - pharmacy student
KW - priority journal
KW - university
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906277763&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cptl.2014.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.cptl.2014.05.016
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-1297
VL - 6
SP - 736
EP - 744
JO - Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
JF - Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
IS - 5
ER -