Counting on Change: Conquering Challenges in Teaching Pharmaceutical Calculations.

Autor: Crawford AN; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: acrawford4@vcu.edu., Anksorus HN; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA., Clark Dula CA; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA., Fredrickson ME; Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Rootstown, OH, USA., Peddi AN; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, VA, USA., Riley BL; Marshall University School of Pharmacy, Huntington, WV, USA., Wisniewski JN; Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Charleston, SC, USA., Wu S; University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of pharmaceutical education [Am J Pharm Educ] 2024 Sep; Vol. 88 (9), pp. 101259. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101259
Abstrakt: All pharmacists are expected to accurately perform pharmaceutical calculations to ensure patient safety. In recent years, there have been trends in declining performance on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination related to calculations. Understanding the cause of this decline and determining methods to correct underlying issues could benefit pharmacy administration, faculty, students, and patients. The aims of this commentary are to present the factors impacting the students' pharmaceutical calculations abilities, discuss the consequences of declining math skills, and provide a call to action for scholarship of teaching and learning pertaining to calculations, as well as increased administrative support to rectify this challenge.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None declared.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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