必修药学计算课程对数学能力和知识保留的影响。
Impact of a required pharmaceutical calculations course on mathematics ability and knowledge retention.
机构信息
University of Cincinnati, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, 3225 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004, USA.
出版信息
Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 Aug 12;77(6):124. doi: 10.5688/ajpe776124.
OBJECTIVE
To assess doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students' mathematics ability by content area before and after completing a required pharmaceutical calculations course and to analyze changes in scores.
METHODS
A mathematics skills assessment was administered to 2 cohorts of pharmacy students (class of 2013 and 2014) before and after completing a pharmaceutical calculations course. The posttest was administered to the second cohort 6 months after completing the course to assess knowledge retention.
RESULTS
Both cohorts performed significantly better on the posttest (cohort 1, 13% higher scores; cohort 2, 15.9% higher scores). Significant improvement on posttest scores was observed in 6 of the 10 content areas for cohorts 1 and 2. Both cohorts scored lower in percentage calculations on the posttest than on the pretest.
CONCLUSIONS
A required, 1-credit-hour pharmaceutical calculations course improved PharmD students' overall ability to perform fundamental and application-based calculations.
目的
在完成一门必修的药物计算课程前后，按内容领域评估药学博士（PharmD）学生的数学能力，并分析分数的变化。
方法
在完成药物计算课程前后，对两个药学学生队列（2013 级和 2014 级）进行了一项数学技能评估。第二次队列在完成课程 6 个月后进行了后测，以评估知识保留情况。
结果
两个队列在后测中的表现都显著优于前测（队列 1 高 13%，队列 2 高 15.9%）。在 10 个内容领域中，队列 1 和队列 2 都有 6 个观察到后测分数显著提高。两个队列在后测中的百分比计算得分都低于前测。
结论
一门必修的 1 学分药物计算课程提高了 PharmD 学生进行基础和应用计算的整体能力。
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