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Chai Ling Ong1, Sandra L Kane-Gill2, Lawrence R Kobulinsky2
1National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Dr, 169609, Singapore.
Background And Purpose:
High fidelity human patient simulation (HPS) has been incorporated in various United States doctor of pharmacy programs with favorable learning experiences, knowledge retention, and problem-solving skills reported. In Singapore, HPS is a novel learning technique as it has not been utilized in the Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) curriculum or for continuing professional education (CPE). It is necessary to evaluate acceptance of HPS compared to asynchronous online learning (AOL).
Educational Activity And Setting:
Nineteen participants from two institutions completed the study in Singapore. This was an experimental study design with participants randomized into groups A and B. Group A completed AOL followed by HPS, whereas group B completed them in reverse order. Acceptance of teaching modalities was evaluated with a Likert scale survey and analyzed with Fisher's exact test. Educational content was congestive heart failure and was evaluated externally for equivalency.
Findings:
All participants enjoyed the HPS activity compared to 13 (68.4%; p = 0.02) for AOL. Eighteen (94.7%) and 15 (78.9%; p = 0.34) participants felt that HPS activity and AOL improved their critical and decision-making skills respectively. Sixteen (84.2%) and 17 (89.5%) agreed that AOL and HPS activity improved their confidence (p = 1.00).
Discussion:
Participants enjoyed HPS activity significantly more than AOL. HPS activity could be used to achieve improved critical and decision-making skills of learners as there was a trend of more learners perceiving improvement compare to AOL.
Summary:
High fidelity HPS learning was well received by participants in Singapore and can be implemented in CPE.
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