A Review of Use of eLearning in Pharmacology

Kamath, Ashwin

doi:10.16965/ijims.2015.124

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“…Introduction of Elearning and CAL provides an opportunity to modify and make teaching easy. 30 Modification focuses on processes, approaches and not only on contents. These can be in form of active learning such as thinkpair share, minute papers, concept understanding by use of models, CAL and working on mannequins that can be incorporated.…”

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Evaluation of teaching methods in pharmacology among MBBS students

Vare¹,

Kurle

Bagle³

et al. 2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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INTRODUCTIONPharmacology is a dynamic subject and one of most evolving branches in medicine. As a subject, included in the second year (III, IV and V semester) of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) curriculum in India. It serves as a foundation stone for all the physicians in clinical practice. The subject of Pharmacology embraces pharmacy,experimental and clinical sciences. 1 In the third semester students are acquainted with patients and they begin to understand clinical aspects of diseases.2 Teaching pharmacology during this phase is a challenge. 3 The objective of pharmacology teaching is to make undergraduate medical students capable to take rational therapeutic decisions in clinical scenarios. 2Conventionally in medical schools, pharmacology teaching is lecture centered on acquiring theoretical knowledge about drugs, the medical student is not trained adequately for therapeutic pursuits. 4 The purpose of teaching pharmacology to medical students is to train them on rational and scientific basis of prescribing medicines in therapeutics. 5ABSTRACT Background: Pharmacology is one of the most important subjects in medical curriculum. It is basis of medical science and the foundation of treatment. The applied aspect forms the basis of clinical rational therapeutics. Methods: A cross-sectional study among 100 undergraduate medical students was undertaken after Institutional Ethics committee permission. Questionnaire was prepared from previous studies and validated by experts. These were administered to the participants after receiving their due consent. Results: The mean age of students was 21.31±2.93 years. There were 72% females and 28% males. The average rating given for Pharmacology subject was 7.95±1.16. Females (8.38±1.24) rated Pharmacology subject more than males (7.51±1.09). 62% liked combination of LCD and Blackboard for teaching. 34% felt group discussion was the ideal Teaching learning method for learning Pharmacology. The most interesting topic was General Pharmacology (31%) and ANS (45%) was the most difficult subject to understand. The most important topic in practical's was 25% prescription writing and least was experimental graphs (2%). Preferred source to learn Pharmacology was combination of textbook and lecture (42%). 81% students liked integrated teaching of pharmacology with other subjects. 93% felt there should be more use of audiovisual aids, 91% wanted more of clinical pharmacology and 88% wanted more of group discussions. 91% felt calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters is clinically applicable. Conclusions: There is need to develop innovative teaching learning methods and include more of clinical pharmacology in the undergraduate pharmacology subject.

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Evaluation of teaching methods in pharmacology among MBBS students

Vare¹,

Kurle

Bagle³

et al. 2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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“…In the further teaching reform, it can develop the virtual training platform based on this, using computer technology to expand the classroom training to the extra-curricular study (Kamath, 2015). Students can use software to practice the training freely and strengthen the learning effect.…”

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Preliminary Study on the Pharmacology Practical Teaching Reform in Pharmacy in Higher Vocational Colleges

Xu¹,

Gong²

2016

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Pharmacology training course is an important part of pharmacology teaching and an important means to let students understand and master the basic knowledge of pharmacology. In order to meet the requirements of high-quality technical talents under the new situation, this paper, by making corresponding reforms of current training in pharmacology teaching contents, methods, means and examination method, and tracking questionnaire survey on course effect, explores a training mode of pharmacology to adapt the new trend of vocational education. A total of 188 second-year pharmacy students participated in the study. Course assessment and questionnaire survey were used to evaluate the reformed course. Students in this course performed well. The number of students who failed to pass the exam is 0. The data from the questionnaires indicated that students generally held positive attitudes toward the innovative teaching contents and model.

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“…The students if provided with the software can study at their own pace and practice as many times as he/she desires. 6 The other advantages with this method are that less biological variations are observed, results are reproducible, many students can perform the experiment at the same time and cost of animal procurement is reduced. 2 The main drawback in this method can be the technical knowledge of computers which should be present in faculty as well as students.…”

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confidence: 99%