Gustafsson Maria, Mattsson Sofia
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2019 Sep 25;7(4):139. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7040139.
Distance education is becoming more and more common, and today distance education is well established within academic settings. The aim was to investigate first-year pharmacy students' expectations and perceptions of web-based pharmacy programs and of their future profession. Furthermore, student characteristics were compared over time. A questionnaire was distributed to all first-year students admitted to the pharmacy programs at Umeå University in 2017. The students were asked questions about their background, motives for choosing pharmacy education, and their expectations and perceptions of their education and profession. Factors of most importance when choosing the education were: the education is interesting, leads to an interesting job, and is web-based. The students' expectations of the education were high, and they want to learn as much as possible and be well prepared for their future profession. Regarding the students' perception of their future profession, three themes were identified: to help other people, professional development, and employment related issues. Student characteristics have changed over the years, suggesting that the web-based pharmacy education and the flexibility it entails attracts other groups of students today compared with when the programs started.
远程教育正变得越来越普遍，如今远程教育在学术环境中已得到充分确立。目的是调查一年级药学专业学生对基于网络的药学课程及其未来职业的期望和看法。此外，还对学生特征随时间的变化进行了比较。向2017年于乌梅大学药学专业录取的所有一年级学生发放了一份问卷。学生们被问及有关他们的背景、选择药学教育的动机以及他们对教育和职业的期望与看法。选择该教育时最重要的因素是：教育有趣、能带来有趣的工作且基于网络。学生们对教育的期望很高，他们希望尽可能多地学习并为未来职业做好充分准备。关于学生对其未来职业的看法，确定了三个主题：帮助他人、职业发展以及与就业相关的问题。多年来学生特征发生了变化，这表明与课程开始时相比，基于网络的药学教育及其带来的灵活性如今吸引了其他类型的学生。
