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Outcomes Of Third-Year Pharmacy Students Using Technology For Instruction In An Infectious Diseases Elective Course, Joanna Headley, Pharmd, Candidate 2015, Bhavik Shah, Pharmd, Bcps, Aahivp, Jason J. Schafer, Pharmd, Mph, Bcps, Aahivp Jul 2014

Outcomes Of Third-Year Pharmacy Students Using Technology For Instruction In An Infectious Diseases Elective Course, Joanna Headley, Pharmd, Candidate 2015, Bhavik Shah, Pharmd, Bcps, Aahivp, Jason J. Schafer, Pharmd, Mph, Bcps, Aahivp

College of Pharmacy Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND

  • The use of technology both inside and outside the classroom is integral to the facilitation of pharmacy students’ learning.1

  • Technology is allowing education to restructure classroom time for something other than simple transmission of factual information and to adopt an evidence-based approach to instructional innovation and reform.1

  • Pharmacy colleges and schools should incorporate technologies that students frequently use and that positively impact learning.2

  • Limited assessment of the impact of technology on student performance is available including teaching and learning from peers.1,2

  • An infectious diseases elective course developed at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy incorporated the …