Pathology for Pharmacy Students: Practical measures that enhance the learning experience
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Background and Aims: Pathology forms an important part of the Pharmacy undergraduate program. Several interventional measures were introduced to enhance the module and the possible effects on students’ perception of the module assessed. Methods: From the 2009 cohort, lecturers and core topics were introduced during the orientation lecture. Periodic ‘meet - ups’ were arranged between the module coordinator and the students. From the 2010 cohort, tutorials were made more clinically - relevant and more concise textbooks were recommended. The perceptions of the 2009 - 2011 cohorts of students (‘post - intervention’) were compared with those of 2006 - 2008 (‘pre - intervention’). Results: The proportion of the students rating the module as good/excellent was 50% in the 2006 - 2008 cohorts and rose to 62% in the 2009 - 2011 cohorts ( p =0.0079). Conclusions: This analysis reveals significant improvement in the students’ evaluation of the module. Practical measures that build up teacher - student rapport and that provide clarity of the subject material are likely factors that helped improved the students’ perception of the module.
Source: Pharmacy Education
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2184070850