Performance of Pharmacy Students in a Communications Course Delivered Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Alamdar Hussain, Heejung Bang, Mohammed Amirul Islam, Lee Meyer, Jasen Chau
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 85:8617
ISSN: 1553-6467
0002-9459
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe8617
Popis: Objective. To examine pharmacy student readiness, reception, and performance in a communications course amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. First-year pharmacy students (2020 cohort) enrolled in a professional communications course completed a pre- and post-course questionnaire indicating their readiness and changes in reception toward online learning during the pandemic. Student learning performance (midterm and final examination grades) at the end of the course was compared with that of a class which took the same course face-to-face on campus the previous year (2019 cohort). Results. Student preference for face-to-face instruction decreased (difference in means = -1.59; p .05) compared to that of the 2019 cohort. Conclusion. The study demonstrates that students were partly prepared for online learning with the remainder of their maturation to it occurring while the quarter progressed. Remote online learning did not seem to impact student learning (grades) in this communications course during the COVID-19 crisis. Looking past the pandemic, educators and leadership at pharmacy schools and colleges may reassuringly continue to sustain online instruction, where deemed necessary, in their didactic curricula.
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