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The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty
BACKGROUND: In recent years, pharmacists have been involved in expanded patient care responsibilities, for example patient counseling in self-medication, medication review and pharmaceutical care, which require graduates to develop the necessary competences. Consequently, reorientation of pharmacy e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123141 |
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author | Mesquita, Alessandra R. Souza, Werlissandra M. Boaventura, Thays C. Barros, Izadora M. C. Antoniolli, Angelo R. Silva, Wellington B. Lyra Júnior, Divaldo P. |
author_facet | Mesquita, Alessandra R. Souza, Werlissandra M. Boaventura, Thays C. Barros, Izadora M. C. Antoniolli, Angelo R. Silva, Wellington B. Lyra Júnior, Divaldo P. |
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description | BACKGROUND: In recent years, pharmacists have been involved in expanded patient care responsibilities, for example patient counseling in self-medication, medication review and pharmaceutical care, which require graduates to develop the necessary competences. Consequently, reorientation of pharmacy education has become necessary. As such, active learning strategies have been introduced into classrooms to increase problem-solving and critical thinking skills of students. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and perceptions of competency of students in a new pharmaceutical care course that uses active learning methodologies. METHODS: This pharmaceutical care course was conducted in the first semester of 2014, in the Federal University of Sergipe. In the pharmaceutical care course, active learning methods were used, consisting of dialogic classroom expository, simulation and case studies. Student learning was evaluated using classroom tests and instruments that evaluated the perception of competency in pharmaceutical care practice. Furthermore, students' satisfaction with the course was evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-three students completed the four evaluations used in the course (i.e., a discursive written exam, seminars, OSCE, and virtual patient); 25 were female (75.75%), and the median age was 23.43 (SD 2.82) years. The overall mean of student scores, in all evaluation methods was 7.97 (SD 0.59) on a scale of 0 to 10 points, and student performance on the virtual patient method was statistically superior to other methods. With respect to the perception of competency in pharmaceutical care practice, a comparison of pre- and post-test scores revealed statistically significant improvement for all evaluated competences. At the end of the semester, the students presented positive opinions of the pharmaceutical care course. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that an active learning course can enhance the learning of pharmaceutical care competences. In future studies it will be necessary to compare active learning to traditional methods. |
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spelling | pubmed-44301702015-05-21 The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty Mesquita, Alessandra R. Souza, Werlissandra M. Boaventura, Thays C. Barros, Izadora M. C. Antoniolli, Angelo R. Silva, Wellington B. Lyra Júnior, Divaldo P. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: In recent years, pharmacists have been involved in expanded patient care responsibilities, for example patient counseling in self-medication, medication review and pharmaceutical care, which require graduates to develop the necessary competences. Consequently, reorientation of pharmacy education has become necessary. As such, active learning strategies have been introduced into classrooms to increase problem-solving and critical thinking skills of students. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and perceptions of competency of students in a new pharmaceutical care course that uses active learning methodologies. METHODS: This pharmaceutical care course was conducted in the first semester of 2014, in the Federal University of Sergipe. In the pharmaceutical care course, active learning methods were used, consisting of dialogic classroom expository, simulation and case studies. Student learning was evaluated using classroom tests and instruments that evaluated the perception of competency in pharmaceutical care practice. Furthermore, students' satisfaction with the course was evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-three students completed the four evaluations used in the course (i.e., a discursive written exam, seminars, OSCE, and virtual patient); 25 were female (75.75%), and the median age was 23.43 (SD 2.82) years. The overall mean of student scores, in all evaluation methods was 7.97 (SD 0.59) on a scale of 0 to 10 points, and student performance on the virtual patient method was statistically superior to other methods. With respect to the perception of competency in pharmaceutical care practice, a comparison of pre- and post-test scores revealed statistically significant improvement for all evaluated competences. At the end of the semester, the students presented positive opinions of the pharmaceutical care course. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that an active learning course can enhance the learning of pharmaceutical care competences. In future studies it will be necessary to compare active learning to traditional methods. Public Library of Science 2015-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4430170/ /pubmed/25969991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123141 Text en © 2015 Mesquita et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mesquita, Alessandra R. Souza, Werlissandra M. Boaventura, Thays C. Barros, Izadora M. C. Antoniolli, Angelo R. Silva, Wellington B. Lyra Júnior, Divaldo P. The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title | The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title_full | The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title_short | The Effect of Active Learning Methodologies on the Teaching of Pharmaceutical Care in a Brazilian Pharmacy Faculty |
title_sort | effect of active learning methodologies on the teaching of pharmaceutical care in a brazilian pharmacy faculty |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123141 |
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