Analysis of a novel enrichment strategy for an integrated medicinal chemistry and pharmacology course

Austin, Daniel L.; Shivji, Adil; Offei, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2020.05.016

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“…Those surveys inquired students about subjective measures such as their perceptions and attitudes regarding the intervention, satisfaction and/or interaction with the intervention, or confidence regarding topics covered in the intervention (Table 3). It was common for surveys to include free-text items 12,15,16,18,23,27,[34][35][36][37] that in a few studies were used for a qualitative thematic analysis. 12,15,16 Frequently, the description of survey results included the survey questions and student responses.…”

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“…Hence, in all the studies that appear in Table 3 that included a survey about confidence the survey was administered as a pre-and post-survey. As suggested in the literature 45 and conducted in some of the studies that we analyzed, 28,32,35,39,42 it is advantageous to pretest the survey on a group of students who are potential responders to the survey. Some of the studies in Table 3 that included survey administration collected basic demographic information such as the respondents' age and/or gender.…”

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An Integrative Review of Approaches Used to Assess Course Interventions

Klausner

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2023

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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The objectives of the review are to (1) describe the utility of approaches used for the assessment of course interventions in pharmacy education; and (2) provide recommendations that may guide faculty members in their future scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) efforts that encompass assessment of course interventions. Findings. Thirty-four articles that included educational interventions published between 2016 and 2020 in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Current in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning were selected for analysis. Those articles used various approaches for the assessment of course interventions. In the order of decreasing frequency of use, those methods were surveys, student academic performance, student evaluations, mixed quantitative-and qualitative methods, pre-and post-test, and learning analytics. Summary. The use of more than one assessment approach, ie, triangulation, and multiple student cohorts, are advantageous. When multiple cohorts are used, it is beneficial to present the students' demographic information. Student academic performance should be part of an assessment of course interventions whenever relevant. Surveys about student perceptions and confidence may contribute to the assessment of course interventions. However, since the information collected is subjective and is usually unrelated to student learning, such an approach should be coupled with other assessment approaches that reflect student learning, such as academic performance and/or a pre-and a post-test. Depending on the research question, qualitative methods and learning analytics may also be a part of the assessment of a course intervention.

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