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Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes
Due to COVID-19, tertiary institutions were forced to deliver knowledge virtually, which proposed challenges for both institutions and students. In this study, we aimed to characterize pharmacy students’ challenges and strategies during COVID-19 curriculum changes, therefore developing a comprehensi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34683002 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101322 |
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author | Liu, Luyao Caliph, Suzanne Simpson, Claire Khoo, Ruohern Zoe Neviles, Geenath Muthumuni, Sithira Lyons, Kayley M. |
author_facet | Liu, Luyao Caliph, Suzanne Simpson, Claire Khoo, Ruohern Zoe Neviles, Geenath Muthumuni, Sithira Lyons, Kayley M. |
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description | Due to COVID-19, tertiary institutions were forced to deliver knowledge virtually, which proposed challenges for both institutions and students. In this study, we aimed to characterize pharmacy students’ challenges and strategies during COVID-19 curriculum changes, therefore developing a comprehensive understanding of students’ learning, wellbeing, and resilience in the ever-changing situation. Data were collected from student written reflections across four year levels at one school of pharmacy from March–May 2020. In addition, data were collected from written responses of second-year pharmacy students responding to prompted questions. The data were qualitatively analyzed inductively by five coders using NVivo 12. For each piece of data, two coders independently coded the data, calculated the inter-rater agreement, and resolved discrepancies. The most coded challenges were ‘negative emotional response’ and ‘communication barrier during virtual learning’. The most coded strategies were ‘using new technology’ and ‘time management’. This study allows researchers and education institutions to gain an overview of pharmacy students’ experiences during COVID-19, therefore helping universities to provide students with necessary support and techniques on how to self-cope with COVID-19 as well as stressful events in the future. |
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spelling | pubmed-85445032021-10-26 Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes Liu, Luyao Caliph, Suzanne Simpson, Claire Khoo, Ruohern Zoe Neviles, Geenath Muthumuni, Sithira Lyons, Kayley M. Healthcare (Basel) Article Due to COVID-19, tertiary institutions were forced to deliver knowledge virtually, which proposed challenges for both institutions and students. In this study, we aimed to characterize pharmacy students’ challenges and strategies during COVID-19 curriculum changes, therefore developing a comprehensive understanding of students’ learning, wellbeing, and resilience in the ever-changing situation. Data were collected from student written reflections across four year levels at one school of pharmacy from March–May 2020. In addition, data were collected from written responses of second-year pharmacy students responding to prompted questions. The data were qualitatively analyzed inductively by five coders using NVivo 12. For each piece of data, two coders independently coded the data, calculated the inter-rater agreement, and resolved discrepancies. The most coded challenges were ‘negative emotional response’ and ‘communication barrier during virtual learning’. The most coded strategies were ‘using new technology’ and ‘time management’. This study allows researchers and education institutions to gain an overview of pharmacy students’ experiences during COVID-19, therefore helping universities to provide students with necessary support and techniques on how to self-cope with COVID-19 as well as stressful events in the future. MDPI 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8544503/ /pubmed/34683002 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101322 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Luyao Caliph, Suzanne Simpson, Claire Khoo, Ruohern Zoe Neviles, Geenath Muthumuni, Sithira Lyons, Kayley M. Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title | Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title_full | Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title_fullStr | Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title_short | Pharmacy Student Challenges and Strategies towards Initial COVID-19 Curriculum Changes |
title_sort | pharmacy student challenges and strategies towards initial covid-19 curriculum changes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34683002 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101322 |
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