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Multicenter Study
. 2010 Mar 10;74(2):27.
doi: 10.5688/aj740227.

A web-based tool for teaching pharmacy practice competency

Leon Zlotos  1 , Lee Kayne, Ian Thompson, Kathleen A Kane, Anne Boyter
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Multicenter Study

A web-based tool for teaching pharmacy practice competency

Leon Zlotos et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objective: To implement and assess the effectiveness of the Strathclyde Computerized Randomized Interactive Prescription Tutor (SCRIPT) in teaching a competency-based undergraduate pharmacy course.

Design: Data on students' access to SCRIPT, collected by quantitative electronic data capture, were analyzed to determine student usage patterns and correlations between usage and grades in class assessments. Data on students' perceptions were collected by electronic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Teaching staff members also were interviewed.

Assessment: Two hundred forty-three students accessed SCRIPT a median of 23 times each. Students accessed SCRIPT predominantly at times outside normal teaching hours and tended to access the tool more often in the 48 hours preceding class assessments. Feedback from students indicated overall satisfaction with the tool to compliment the timetabled teaching sessions but highlighted that more specific feedback on the examples was required. All staff comments were positive.

Conclusions: Students and teaching staff members valued SCRIPT as a tool to compliment teaching of the competency-based pharmacy practice classes in the MPharm degree. Future developments of SCRIPT will include expanded feedback for students, the capability to link the release of each SCRIPT exercise with the date the content is taught in class, and additional tools to facilitate "just in time" teaching.

Keywords: Web-based learning; problem-based learning; virtual learning competencies.

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SCRIPT screenshot showing the feedback students receive after completing each prescription.
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SCRIPT screenshot showing a student's personalized summary highlighting the areas where they make regular mistakes.
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The percentage pass rate for users and non-users of SCRIPT.
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Number of SCRIPT attempts compared to the students' credit weighted average for the third year of the MPharm.
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