University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2018 Feb;82(1):6292. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6292.
To describe an innovative active learning strategy that uses students' hands to facilitate learning and retention of major concepts related to nucleotide/nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Students wrote the names of the NRTIs on their fingers, then an interactive activity used a variety of hand signs to teach the drugs. Focus groups were conducted with a total of 20 students one year after being exposed to the new teaching strategy. Students were asked five knowledge-based questions related to the subject matter to assess retention of the material. On average, students answered 64% of the questions correctly. Most students (95%) used their hands to answer the knowledge-based questions. There was a statistically significant association between using hands to answer the question and answering the question correctly. When asked which active learning method was most effective, 14 (70%) participants reported "hands." Using students' hands was well received by this cohort of students. More research is needed to determine if this active learning method could be considered for use in other disease states to help students learn complex medications with many nuances.
描述一种创新的主动学习策略，该策略利用学生的双手促进对与核苷酸/核苷逆转录酶抑制剂（NRTIs）相关的主要概念的学习和保留。学生将 NRTIs 的名称写在手指上，然后通过各种手势互动活动来教授这些药物。在接触新教学策略一年后，对总共 20 名学生进行了焦点小组讨论。学生被要求回答五个与主题相关的基于知识的问题，以评估对材料的保留程度。平均而言，学生正确回答了 64%的问题。大多数学生（95%）用手回答基于知识的问题。用手回答问题与正确回答问题之间存在统计学上的显著关联。当被问及哪种主动学习方法最有效时，14 名（70%）参与者报告说“hands”。这种主动学习方法受到了这组学生的欢迎。需要进一步研究以确定是否可以考虑将这种主动学习方法用于其他疾病状态，以帮助学生学习具有许多细微差别的复杂药物。
