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  • Benefits of e-learning in chemotherapy pharmacology education

    Author(s)
    Baumann-Birkbeck, Lyndsee
    Karaksha, Abdullah
    Anoopkumar-Dukie, Shailendra
    Grant, Gary
    Davey, Andrew
    Nirthanan, Selvanayagam
    Owen, Suzanne
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Grant, Gary D.
    Nirthanan, S Niru
    Anoopkumar-Dukie, Shailendra
    Karaksha, Abdullah
    Davey, Andrew
    Year published
    2015
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    Background Chemotherapeutic pharmacology is traditionally a challenging subject to both teach and learn. This study aimed to assess a suite of e-learning tools regarding the mechanisms of action of chemotherapy drugs, and the subsequent effects on learning in two cohorts (control and intervention) of undergraduate pharmacy students in Australia. Methods The intervention group had access to the e-learning tools in addition to the traditional didactic teaching delivered to the control group. To determine the educational benefit of the e-learning tools, we evaluated student level of understanding demonstrated in the short-answer ...
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    Background Chemotherapeutic pharmacology is traditionally a challenging subject to both teach and learn. This study aimed to assess a suite of e-learning tools regarding the mechanisms of action of chemotherapy drugs, and the subsequent effects on learning in two cohorts (control and intervention) of undergraduate pharmacy students in Australia. Methods The intervention group had access to the e-learning tools in addition to the traditional didactic teaching delivered to the control group. To determine the educational benefit of the e-learning tools, we evaluated student level of understanding demonstrated in the short-answer questions related to chemotherapy mechanisms. Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) taxonomy was used to classify students’ exam responses. Results There was overall improvement in student total exam scores for the intervention group. However, the most significant improvement was evident in the chemotherapy scores for the intervention group who demonstrated a superior level of understanding of mechanisms of action of the three chemotherapy drugs, cytarabine, mitomycin C and trastuzumab. Students in the intervention group performed significantly better than the control cohort with respect to short answer questions on cytarabine and trastuzumab (p < 0.05), but most notably on the mechanism of action of cytarabine (p = 0.02). Discussion E-learning tools were shown to improve student level of understanding, as scored by the SOLO taxonomy, in the learning and teaching of chemotherapeutic pharmacology.
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    Journal Title
    Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
    Volume
    7
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2014.09.014
    Subject
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    Educational technology and computing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/165768
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