Rubaiy Hussein N
Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, 801 76 Gävle, Sweden.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Mar 26;9(2):70. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9020070.
Pharmacology is a distinct discipline and offers core knowledge to broaden student programs in the provision of health care (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and others) as well as research-oriented programs (biosciences and biomedical). Therefore, knowledge and information on topics such as prescribing medication, drug interactions, dosage adjustments, and the correct drug dose calculation for medicine are essential for preventing and reducing medication errors, which is a key element in patient safety. Recently, many institutions have been trying to enhance their quality of teaching, as students demand support and success in their studies. Pharmacology is a highly challenging interdisciplinary topic, and requires a huge effort from both educators and students to achieve the best outcomes. Therefore, creating an effective environment to support students' learning in pharmacology courses is essential to improving students' engagement, success and learning outcomes. In recent decades, the landscape of education has changed, and distance learning has skyrocketed. This manuscript intends to discuss and highlight the importance of student engagement in higher education in pharmacology courses. Additionally, this paper spotlights and presents a review of recent studies focusing on student engagement in pharmacology courses and possible methods for enhancing and inspiring student engagement in pharmacology courses.
药理学是一门独特的学科，为拓宽医疗保健专业（医学、护理、药学等）以及研究导向型专业（生物科学和生物医学）的学生课程提供核心知识。因此，关于开药、药物相互作用、剂量调整以及正确计算药物剂量等主题的知识和信息对于预防和减少用药错误至关重要，而用药错误是患者安全的关键要素。最近，许多机构一直在努力提高教学质量，因为学生在学习中需要支持并取得成功。药理学是一个极具挑战性的跨学科主题，需要教育工作者和学生共同付出巨大努力才能取得最佳成果。因此，营造一个有效的环境来支持学生学习药理学课程对于提高学生的参与度、成功率和学习成果至关重要。近几十年来，教育格局发生了变化，远程学习急剧增加。本手稿旨在讨论并强调学生参与药理学课程高等教育的重要性。此外，本文重点介绍并综述了近期关注学生参与药理学课程的研究以及增强和激发学生参与药理学课程的可能方法。
