探索计算机模拟在药学教育中的使用的全球视角:对学生和教育工作者进行的一项调查
Ahmed M Gharib1, Ivan K Bindoff1, Gregory M Peterson1
1School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Frontiers in pharmacology
|October 30, 2024
概括
基于计算机的模拟 (CBS) 在药房教育受到了全球学生和教育工作者的欢迎. 然而,工作量,资金和技术支持等障碍阻碍了其充分利用,需要进行战略干预以实现更广泛的采用.
科学领域:
- 药房 教育 教育 药房 教育
- 数字学习技术数字学习技术
- 医疗保健模拟器 医疗保健模拟器
背景情况:
- 药房教育中学生入学率的增加和后勤挑战限制了实际学习的机会.
- 基于计算机的模拟 (CBS) 为药房互动学习提供了一个可扩展的解决方案,但面临着整合的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查全球对计算机模拟 (CBS) 应用在药学教育中的教育工作者和学生的看法.
- 确定全球药房课程中CBS整合的障碍和促进者.
主要方法:
- 在46个国家的152名药房教育工作者和392名学生中进行了一项全球跨部门在线调查.
- 用描述性和推断性统计数据分析了数据,检查了世卫组织不同地区的感知,利用和障碍.
主要成果:
- 90.1%的教育工作者和84.2%的学生报告了高舒适度的CBS,但它被认为是未充分利用的 (53.5%的教育工作者,63.7%的学生).
- 学生们重视CBS的沟通和解决问题的技能;教育工作者注意到其与社区药房实践的相关性以及减少工作负载的潜力.
- 主要障碍包括财政限制 (56.6%的教育工作者),技术支持不足 (53.3%的教育工作者) 和学生 (7.4%) 对于机构支持的看法较低.
- 观察到CBS使用的区域差异,其中SEARO和AFRO的使用率较低,并且在几个地区提出了有关技术和财务支持的具体担忧.
结论:
- 药学学生和教育工作者都认识到CBS的巨大潜力,并支持将其纳入课程.
- 克服与教育工作者工作量,财务限制和技术支持有关的障碍对于广泛采用CBS至关重要.
- 加强资源配置和有针对性的教师培训对于有效地将基于计算机的模拟纳入药房教育至关重要.
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