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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Association of Attendance Format with Learning Gain and National Examination Performance in a HyFlex Preparatory Course for Pharmacy Students.

Yukinori Nagakura, Fumiko Yamaki, Hiroshi Saimaru, Kou Hiroya, Koji Ichinose

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yukinori NagakuraResearch Center for Pharmaceutical Career Education, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan.
Fumiko YamakiResearch Center for Pharmaceutical Career Education, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan.ORCID 0009-0005-7194-0504
Hiroshi SaimaruResearch Center for Pharmaceutical Career Education, Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan.ORCID 0009-0000-1668-2606
Kou HiroyaFaculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan.
Koji IchinoseFaculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3734-4336

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Abstract

Attendance format may be associated with the learning-support effects of preparatory courses for the National Examination for Pharmacists (NEP). This retrospective observational study examined associations of self-selected attendance format with course-period learning gain and subsequent NEP performance in a four-month HyFlex course for sixth-year pharmacy students. Students received the same course content and examinations and were classified into face-to-face (F2F), live online (LO), or mixed (MIX) attendance groups. Course-period learning gain was defined as the difference in examination score percentage between the post-course and pre-course examinations. The F2F group showed greater learning gain than the LO and MIX groups. Although the NEP pass rate was higher in the F2F group, the difference among groups did not reach statistical significance in the primary analysis (

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attendance formatHyFlex courselearning outcomesnational examination for pharmacistspharmacy education

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PMID42784224
PMCPMC13610032

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