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Mpho Mashigo; Ida Risenga; Shalini Dukhan – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
South Africa boasts a variety of herbal medicines based on the availability of medicinal plants utilised by diverse communities for healing. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of Health Sciences students at a South African university, including cohorts of future doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists and occupational…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, Majors (Students), College Freshmen, Student Attitudes
Sara Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Historically, racially marginalized communities are less likely to access health care, partly due to structural inequities as well as distrust for white providers. This need for increased racial and ethnic representation is specifically an issue in the pharmacist career, as more than 90% of the United States population lives within five miles of a…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Pharmaceutical Education, Pharmacy, Health Personnel
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Slater, Nicole A.; Dhanasekaran, Muralikrishnan; Govindarajulu, Manoj – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020
Design thinking is on the rise as a novel method for creative problem solving in healthcare professional programs. This article will focus on implementation of the concepts of design thinking in the classroom, its utility in pharmacy education, and the advantages it provides from both the faculty and students' perspectives within the…
Descriptors: Design, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Education, Creative Thinking
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Sophia Werden Abrams; Heather MacPhee; Linnea Hodge; Justine Hamilton; Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2024
Interprofessional education (IPE) occurs when students are provided the opportunity to learn with and from others of related professions to improve the potential for future collaboration. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of students about working with professionals from different disciplines before and after their engagement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Attitude Change, Masters Programs
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Phattanawasin, Panadda; Toyama, Onoomar; Rojanarata, Theerasak; Laopoonpat, Panjapol; Pochanakom, Kanawan; Limmatvapirat, Chutima; Sukonpan, Chanokporn; Nantanakorn, Paiboon; Niratisai, Sathit – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
This communication was to share the efforts made in developing the fully online courses in medicinal chemistry during the educational disruption due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In the academic year 2020, the online course was implemented for the first time at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Silpakorn University, Thailand. Various…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Teshome Bekele Sime; Mulu Geta Gencha; Taye Gebremariam Olamo – Cogent Education, 2024
This study focused on paragraph writing abilities as it is a fundamental skill for academic and professional success. Improving paragraph writing lays the groundwork for addressing advanced writing tasks and is vital for effective global communication in English. The objective of this study was, therefore, to examine effects of blended instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Paragraph Composition, Writing Skills, English (Second Language)
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Hyytinen, Heidi; Siven, Mia; Salminen, Outi; Katajavuori, Nina – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Students in higher education have been shown to have difficulties in developing their critical thinking skills, such as analysis and problem solving, reasoning and argumentation. Open-ended tasks offer opportunities for students to develop their own interpretations of various sources, to critically analyse domain-specific knowledge and utilize…
Descriptors: Pharmaceutical Education, Persuasive Discourse, Cognitive Processes, Assignments
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Dirks-Naylor, Amie J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree program curricula are typically comprised of heavy course loads and assessment burden. Typically, students "live" from exam to exam only preparing and studying for the exam directly ahead of them while neglecting concurrent courses. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine the impact of weekly…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Education, Tests
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Neill, Kathryn; Allison, M. Kathryn; Jarrett, Diane M.; George, Masil; Knight, Daniel; Ward, Wendy – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: Training on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) healthcare and inclusive practice is lacking in curricula across health professions, contributing to health disparities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an interprofessional learning activity on LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Inclusion, Access to Health Care, Social Media
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Rennie, Timothy; Eelu, Hilja; Lusepani, Monde; Keendjele, Tuwilika; Julka, Emily; Hunter, Christian J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Modern, quality education for health sciences is vital in developing and strengthening the health systems of countries in southern Africa. Medicine, pharmacy, and other disciplines in the region typically admit high school graduates who tend to undertake a science foundation in the first years of study. We report a new resource for improving the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Organic Chemistry, Video Technology
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Karara, Adel H.; Nan, Anjan; Goldberg, Barbara; Shukla, Rekha – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
The Maryland Action for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Research (MADDPR) Program provides hands-on lab experience and mentoring to underserved minority high school students. With the inability to conduct an in-person STEM summer camp, the program transitioned to a virtual format in 2020. Thirty-three students and their PLTW teacher participated…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Biomedicine, Summer Programs, Computer Simulation
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Gungor, Almer; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to validate the physics affective characteristics scale (PACS) by investigating its psychometric properties. The PACS is a revised version of the affective characteristics scale (ACS), which was developed for Turkish students following introductory physics courses. The questionnaire includes 51 items in 11 subscales:…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Majors (Students), Pharmacy
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Espiritu, Elena Wong; TenHaken-Riedel, Joshua P.; Brown, Renee; Frame, Tracy R.; Adam, Jamie; Koch, Allison; Lemmonds, Tamara; Dawson, Alexis; Herrera, Alexa; Jones, Katherine Markley; Myers, Courtney; Owens, Audrey – Christian Higher Education, 2020
Spirituality is foundational to healthcare practice; therefore, incorporating spirituality into healthcare education is essential to training students to treat the whole person to maximize patient outcomes. However, there is not a singularly agreed-upon definition of spirituality or description of how it should be taught within health profession…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Allied Health Occupations Education, Graduate Students, Holistic Approach
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Dirks-Naylor, Amie J.; Cook, Corbin; Nhean, Pov – Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
Pharmacy school applications have steadily declined over the past several years. Thus pharmacy schools are not only searching for effective means to increase enrollment of qualified candidates, but are also focusing on the development of programs to improve academic performance and retention of enrolled students. To address the needs of struggling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrichment Activities, Low Achievement, Pharmacy
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Dunne, Julie – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
This study investigated the effect of activities to promote awareness of specific prioritised graduate attributes on the quality of reflection displayed in work-placement reflective blog assessments for Pharmacy-technician students. Previous related research showed an increased tendency to frame placement experiences in terms of graduate…
Descriptors: Pharmacy, Technical Education, Reflection, Job Placement
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