Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience
Objective. To implement a shared learning approach through fourth-year students’ mentorship of third-year students and to assess the perceptions of the mentored students on the value of their shared learning experience. Design. We introduced the shared learning experience in clinical pharmacy and...
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| description | Objective. To implement a shared learning approach through fourth-year students’ mentorship of third-year students and to assess the perceptions of the mentored students on the value of their shared learning experience.
Design. We introduced the shared learning experience in clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutic practice experiences involving 87 third-year and 51 fourth-year students. Both student groups undertook the practice experiences together, with third-year students working in smaller groups mentored by fourth-year students.
Assessment. A majority of the students (> 75%) believed that they learned to work as a team during their practice experiences and that the shared learning approach provided an opportunity to practice their communication skills. Similarly, most respondents (> 70%) agreed that the new approach would help them become effective members of the healthcare team and would facilitate their professional
relationships in future practice. Almost two-thirds of the students believed that the shared learning enhanced their ability to understand clinical problems. However, about 31% of the pharmacy students felt that they could have learned clinical problem-solving skills equally well working only with peers from their own student group.
Conclusions. The pharmacy students in the current study generally believed that the shared-learning approach enhanced their ability to understand clinical problems and improved their communication and teamwork skills. Both groups of students were positive that they had acquired some skills through the shared-learning approach. |
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| spelling | iium-11192013-08-01T00:26:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1119/ Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience Zakaria, Syahiera Farhana Awaisu, Ahmed RS Pharmacy and materia medica Objective. To implement a shared learning approach through fourth-year students’ mentorship of third-year students and to assess the perceptions of the mentored students on the value of their shared learning experience. Design. We introduced the shared learning experience in clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutic practice experiences involving 87 third-year and 51 fourth-year students. Both student groups undertook the practice experiences together, with third-year students working in smaller groups mentored by fourth-year students. Assessment. A majority of the students (> 75%) believed that they learned to work as a team during their practice experiences and that the shared learning approach provided an opportunity to practice their communication skills. Similarly, most respondents (> 70%) agreed that the new approach would help them become effective members of the healthcare team and would facilitate their professional relationships in future practice. Almost two-thirds of the students believed that the shared learning enhanced their ability to understand clinical problems. However, about 31% of the pharmacy students felt that they could have learned clinical problem-solving skills equally well working only with peers from their own student group. Conclusions. The pharmacy students in the current study generally believed that the shared-learning approach enhanced their ability to understand clinical problems and improved their communication and teamwork skills. Both groups of students were positive that they had acquired some skills through the shared-learning approach. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) 2011-05-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1119/1/Shared-learning-Clinical-Clerkship-AJPE-2011.pdf Zakaria, Syahiera Farhana and Awaisu, Ahmed (2011) Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 75(4) (75). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0002-9459 http://www.ajpe.org/aj7504/aj750475/aj750475.pdf PMCID: PMC3138353 |
| spellingShingle | RS Pharmacy and materia medica Zakaria, Syahiera Farhana Awaisu, Ahmed Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title | Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title_full | Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title_fullStr | Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title_short | Shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| title_sort | shared-learning experience during a clinical pharmacy practice experience |
| topic | RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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