Using Modern Learning Method to Teach Pharmacy Students Psychopharmacotherapy.

Area of Science:

• Pharmacy Education
• Medical Education
• Digital Learning

Background:

• Modern educational methods are essential for digital native students.
• Active learning strategies enhance student skills and knowledge acquisition.
• This study focused on psychopharmacotherapy education for pharmacy students.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and evaluate active learning methods for teaching psychopharmacotherapy.
• To compare the effectiveness of a serious game versus multimedia learning.
• To assess the impact on pharmacy students' knowledge and skills.

Main Methods:

• A quasi-experimental study with 155 five-year pharmacy students.
• Three groups: control, serious educational game, and multimedia case-based learning.
• Pre- and post-tests were administered to assess knowledge, alongside questionnaires.

Main Results:

• Both serious game and multimedia groups showed significant improvement in post-test scores (P<0.001 and P=0.002).
• The serious game group demonstrated a greater increase in scores compared to the multimedia group.
• Questionnaire results indicated superior performance of the serious game in various learning aspects.

Conclusions:

• Active learning interventions effectively improved student knowledge and skills.
• The serious educational game significantly outperformed multimedia learning.
• These enhanced learning methods can improve patient care and public health.