Description and student perceptions of a medications dosing calculations course for non-healthcare majors.

IF 1.5 Q3 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI:10.1093/ijpp/riad080

Richard O'Brocta

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Objectives: To describe and assess a dosing calculations course presented to first-year college honors students who are not healthcare majors. The primary objective is, can first year undergraduate college honors students, who have not enrolled in a professional healthcare program, be successful in a calculations dosing course? The secondary objective is, what are the students' perceptions of the course?

Methods: The instructor facilitated an in-person dosage calculations course, 1 h per week over 14 weeks. Small teams of students were created to facilitate learning throughout the semester.

Key findings: All 15 students passed the course, and overall, the student perceptions were positive.

Conclusion: First-year college students, who were not healthcare majors, were able to be successful in a math and medications course. Overall, students had a positive perception of the course. Some students did have a concern about the relevance of the course to their future careers. This may be improved with the selection of healthcare students in the course for future offerings.

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描述和学生对非医疗保健专业的药物剂量计算课程的看法。

目的:描述和评估一门针对非医疗保健专业的大学一年级荣誉学生开设的剂量计算课程。主要目标是，没有参加专业医疗保健课程的本科一年级优等生能否成功完成计算剂量课程?第二个目标是，学生对课程的看法是什么?方法:指导教师亲自进行剂量计算课程，每周1小时，持续14周。为了促进整个学期的学习，我们建立了学生小组。主要发现:所有15名学生都通过了课程，总体而言，学生的看法是积极的。结论:非卫生保健专业的大学一年级学生能够在数学和药物课程中取得成功。总体而言，学生们对这门课程的看法是积极的。一些学生确实担心这门课程与他们未来职业的相关性。这可能会随着课程中医疗保健学生的选择而得到改善。

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International Journal of Pharmacy Practice PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY-

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

5.60%

发文量

146

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP) is a Medline-indexed, peer reviewed, international journal. It is one of the leading journals publishing health services research in the context of pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, medicines and medicines management. Regular sections in the journal include, editorials, literature reviews, original research, personal opinion and short communications. Topics covered include: medicines utilisation, medicine management, medicines distribution, supply and administration, pharmaceutical services, professional and patient/lay perspectives, public health (including, e.g. health promotion, needs assessment, health protection) evidence based practice, pharmacy education. Methods include both evaluative and exploratory work including, randomised controlled trials, surveys, epidemiological approaches, case studies, observational studies, and qualitative methods such as interviews and focus groups. Application of methods drawn from other disciplines e.g. psychology, health economics, morbidity are especially welcome as are developments of new methodologies.