Whitman Christopher, Kamath Sainath, Lawrence Shelby, Whisenant David, Sport Susannah, Sidwell Walter, Mitchell Adam, Osbourne Easton, Bolina Jasleen, Gill Kristina, Finley Christopher, Lambson David, Wood Trent, Panizzi Jennifer R, Blackwell Kristina T C Panizzi-Woodley, Panizzi Peter
Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, 362 West Thach Ave., Auburn, AL 36849, United States.
Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, 212 Greene Hall, 1130 Wire Rd., Auburn, AL 36849, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2020 Feb;12(2):132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2019.11.006. Epub 2019 Nov 21.
To design, implement, and evaluate a molecular imaging elective course that would expose Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students to fundamentals of various imaging modalities and their pre-clinical and clinical applications.
The "Surveys of Multi-Modality Imaging" course is a two-credit hour elective course offered to third-year PharmD and doctoral students. Experiential learning methods including active learning application-based exercises were used to supplement didactic lectures in the form of field trips (with follow-up debriefings), small group team-based tasks, hands-on demonstrations, visual modelling, gamification with problem sets, concept maps regarding given modalities, and concluding with written summary reports and formal in-class group presentations. In addition to standard course evaluations, a pre- and post-course survey were conducted to assess the students' confidence regarding course content.
Since its implementation in 2013, 101 students have completed the course with 72% being PharmD students (n = 73) and the remainder being doctoral students in pharmaceutical science (n = 28). Pre- and post-assessments completed by the students the last two offerings (n = 40 of a possible 43) indicated a shift in students' self-reported confidence in discussing imaging modalities from a total of 2.4% confidence (pre-course) to 97.4% confidence (post-course). Also, post-course survey indicated that 77.5% (n = 31 of 40 participants) students strongly agreed that our immersive and experiential learning activities were beneficial to overall learning for this elective.
Students who participated in this innovative experiential learning-grounded course gained an appreciation for molecular imaging and its value and role in modern drug therapy.
设计、实施并评估一门分子影像选修课程，使药学博士（PharmD）学生了解各种成像模态的基本原理及其临床前和临床应用。
“多模态成像概论”课程是一门面向三年级药学博士和博士生的两学分选修课程。采用体验式学习方法，包括基于主动学习应用的练习，以实地考察（后续进行汇报）、小组团队任务、实践演示、视觉建模、问题集游戏化、给定模态的概念图等形式补充理论讲座，并以书面总结报告和正式的课堂小组展示作为结束。除了标准课程评估外，还进行了课程前后调查，以评估学生对课程内容的信心。
自2013年实施以来，已有101名学生完成了该课程，其中72%为药学博士学生（n = 73），其余为药学科学博士生（n = 28）。在最后两次课程中，学生完成的课前和课后评估（可能的43名学生中有40名）表明，学生自我报告的讨论成像模态的信心发生了转变，从课前的2.4%信心转变为课后的97.4%信心。此外，课后调查显示，77.5%（40名参与者中有31名）的学生强烈同意我们的沉浸式体验式学习活动对该选修课的整体学习有益。
参与这门以创新体验式学习为基础的课程的学生对分子影像及其在现代药物治疗中的价值和作用有了更深刻的认识。
