ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2013
Impact of a required pharmaceutical calculations course on mathematics ability and knowledge retention.
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- How do senior pharmacy students at King Saud University perceive their pharmaceutical calculation skills and preparedness for clinical practice?Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026Article
- Correlative and Comparative Study Assessing Use of a Mock Examination in a Pharmaceutical Calculations Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2023Article
- Student Performance with Standalone Calculations Course vs Combined Pharmaceutics-Calculations Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2018Article
- Improving Pharmacy Calculations Using an Instructional Design Model.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2018Article
- Improved knowledge retention among clinical pharmacy students using an anthropology classroom assessment technique.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students' mathematics ability by content area before and after completing a required pharmaceutical calculations course and to analyze changes in scores.
methodsA mathematics skills assessment was administered to 2 cohorts of pharmacy students (class of 2013 and 2014) before and after completing a pharmaceutical calculations course. The posttest was administered to the second cohort 6 months after completing the course to assess knowledge retention.
resultsBoth cohorts performed significantly better on the posttest (cohort 1, 13% higher scores; cohort 2, 15.9% higher scores). Significant improvement on posttest scores was observed in 6 of the 10 content areas for cohorts 1 and 2. Both cohorts scored lower in percentage calculations on the posttest than on the pretest.
conclusionsA required, 1-credit-hour pharmaceutical calculations course improved PharmD students' overall ability to perform fundamental and application-based calculations.
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