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ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2015

Integrating a new medicinal chemistry and pharmacology course sequence into the PharmD curriculum.

Mustapha Beleh, Melanie Engels, George Garcia

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Article in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  2. Assessing Students' Satisfaction with a Redesigned Pharmacology Course Series.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Mustapha BelehUniversity of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Melanie EngelsUniversity of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
George GarciaUniversity of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the implementation of an integrated medicinal chemistry/pharmacology course sequence and its alignment with a therapeutics series.

designEach topic was divided into modules consisting of 2-hour blocks, and the content was integrated and aligned with the therapeutics series. Recitation sessions emphasizing application skills in an interactive environment followed each of three 2-hour blocks. To ensure that students achieved competency in each unit, students failing any unit examination were encouraged to undergo remediation. ASSESSMENT: Student feedback was collected by an independent researcher through social media and focus groups and relayed anonymously to course directors for midcourse improvements. Responses from surveys, interviews, and student ratings of faculty members and of courses were used to implement changes for future editions of the courses.

conclusionThe majority of students and faculty members felt the integration and alignment processes were beneficial changes to the curriculum. Elements of the new sequence, including remediation, were viewed positively by students and faculty members as well.

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CurriculumEducation, Pharmacy, GraduateStudents, PharmacyChemistry, PharmaceuticalEducational MeasurementFacultyHumansalignmentcurriculumintegrationmedicinal chemistrypharmacology

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PMID25741029
PMCPMC4346825

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