Monash University, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Monash University, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 Mar;87(2):ajpe8575. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8575. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
To explore preceptors' perceptions about the performance of undergraduate pharmacy students during experiential placements in Australia, before and after curricular transformation. Using a semi-structured approach, we interviewed 26 preceptors who had recently supervised students who took part in the transformed curriculum and students from the previous curriculum. A directed content analysis approach was used to analyze the transcripts. Preceptors described students from the transformed curriculum as having improved professional skills, behaviors, and attitudes and as having an increased ability to perform clinical activities compared to students of the previous curriculum. Preceptors also perceived that students in the transformed curriculum had improved clinical knowledge and knowledge application. They less frequently expressed that students in the transformed curriculum had lower-than-expected knowledge levels. The results of this study suggest that curricular transformation with a focus on skill-based and active learning can improve the performance of pharmacy students in terms of their professional behaviors and attitudes, skills, knowledge, and clinical abilities, as perceived by preceptors.
为了探讨在澳大利亚，本科药学学生实习期间，课程改革前后导师对学生表现的看法，我们采用半结构化方法，对最近指导过参加过改革课程和之前课程的学生的 26 名导师进行了访谈。采用有针对性的内容分析方法对转录本进行了分析。导师们描述说，与之前课程的学生相比，改革课程的学生专业技能、行为和态度有所提高，并且能够更有效地进行临床活动。导师们还认为，改革课程的学生临床知识和知识应用能力有所提高。他们很少表示，改革课程的学生知识水平低于预期。本研究结果表明，以技能为基础和以主动学习为重点的课程改革可以提高药学学生的表现，从导师的角度来看，这表现在他们的职业行为和态度、技能、知识和临床能力方面。
