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Top 200 Drugs Remix: Student Perceptions of a Redesigned Pharmacy Course

Presented by Latasha Wade, PharmD & Hoai-An Truong, PharmD, MPH June 7, 2019

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Session Objectives

• Describe the Top 200 Drugs course in the Doctor of Pharmacy

curriculum

• Discuss the course redesign implemented in fall 2018
• Share pharmacy student perceptions of the redesigned course

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Perhaps this course needs a redesign…

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Let’s Learn About Each Other!

• Website:

https://pollev.com/latashawade903

• Text:
• LATASHAWADE903
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What is PHAR 650: Top 200 Drugs?

• Catalog description: This longitudinal course focuses on familiarizing

students with the 200 most frequently prescribed drugs. For each drug, students will describe the mechanism of action; identify drug interactions, contraindications, pregnancy category, black box warnings associated with the use of the drug, and provide patient counseling when applicable.

• Course Hours/Credit: 12 hrs/1 semester credit hour – lecture
• Instructional Method: Traditional lecture 2 hours per class/week
• Assessment:
• 5 exams given during course with comprehensive midterm and final exams
• A student MUST receive a cumulative grade of 80% to pass the course, an average

greater than 95% will be considered honors.

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Original Course Design

• Five assessments
• Given at the beginning of each class
• Average of these assessments determined 75% of the final grade
• Midterm CEA
• Given during class 4
• Covered all of the material from sessions 1 – 4
• Accounts for 5 % of the final grade
• Final examination
• Given at the end of the course
• Comprehensive
• Constituted 20% of the final grade

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Student Performance with Original Design

• Course Grade

Fall 2016 Fall 2017

• Honors Pass:

29 students 22 students

• Pass:

31 students 35 students

• No Pass:

0 student 5 students

• Course Evaluation
• Scores

Fall 2016 Fall 2017

• Teaching methods…engaged me and helped me to learn:

4.83 / 5 4.00 / 5

• Stated teaching/learning objectives were used:

4.83 / 5 3.75 / 5

• Course (lectures, active learning) contributed to learning:

4.58 / 5 4.00 / 5

• Recommendation for Improvement
• Can we have reassessment for each quiz as we do for other classes?

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Worksheet Activity: Part 1

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Why Did We Chose to Redesign PHAR 650?

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Fears About Course Redesign

• Time
• Confidence
• Effectiveness
• Student Performance
• Student Perceptions

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Worksheet Activity: Part 2

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Course Redesign Implemented in Fall 2018

Daily Course Schedule

Original Design

• 60 minutes – lecture/drug review

Redesign

• 15 minutes – quiz
• 30 minutes – CEA
• 50 minutes – lecture/drug review

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Course Redesign Implemented in Fall 2018

Class Quizzes

Original Design

• 5 quizzes
• 100%: drugs from current class

Redesign

• 5 quizzes
• 50%: drugs from current class
• 50%: drugs from prior class(es)

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Course Redesign Implemented in Fall 2018

CEA

Original Design

• Midterm
• Multiple choice exam
• Drugs reviewed during classes

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Redesign

• Hawks4Healthy Living Talk

Show

• 2 minute presentation
• Randomly selected drug
• 10 students present each class

period

• 10 students serve as “audience”

evaluators

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Course Redesign Implemented in Fall 2018

Alignment of Drug Reviews

Original Design

• Appeared random

Redesign

• Drug reviews aligned, when

possible, with pharmacotherapy module

(e.g., review blood pressure and cholesterol medications while students are enrolled in the cardiovascular module)

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Course Redesign Implemented in Fall 2018

Use of Last Class – Pharmacy Jeopardy

• Final exam review
• Students divided into 2 teams (Team Truong and Team Wade)
• 2 rounds; 25 questions each
• Round 1: questions developed by Latasha
• Round 2: questions developed by Hoai-An
• Questions topics correspond to content areas students were responsible for

learning

• Mix of new questions and questions pulled from prior quizzes and final exam
• Each student required to select and respond to one question; can solicit

help from their teammates

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Quizzes

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Alignment of Drug Reviews

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Hawks4Healthy Living Talk Show CEA

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Hawks4Healthy Living Talk Show CEA cont.

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Hawks4Healthy Living Talk Show CEA cont.

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Daily Course Schedule

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Student Perceptions of the Course Redesign Additional Feedback

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Student Performance in Redesigned Course

• Course Grade

Fall 2017 Fall 2018

• Honors Pass:

22 students 22 students

• Pass:

35 students 27 students

• No Pass:

5 student 0 student

• Course Evaluation
• Scores

Fall 2017 Fall 2018

• Teaching methods…engaged me and helped me to learn:

4.00 / 5 4.76 / 5

• Stated teaching/learning objectives were used:

3.75 / 5 4.79 / 5

• Course (lectures, active learning) contributed to learning:

4.00 / 5 4.69 / 5

• Recommendation for Improvement
• We need to keep the Talk Show
• More time for the PPT information
• Cumulative quizzes approach used for this course was really helpful in retaining the materials

Worksheet Activity: Part 3

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Top 200 Drugs Remix: Student Perceptions of a Redesigned Pharmacy Course

Presented by Latasha Wade, PharmD & Hoai-An Truong, PharmD, MPH Thank you!

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