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dc.contributor.author | Pham, Jennifer T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Azzopardi, Lilian M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lau, Alan H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jarrett, Jennie B. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-19T09:46:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-19T09:46:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Pham, J. T., Azzopardi, L. M., Lau, A. H., & Jarrett, J. B. (2019). Student perspectives on a collaborative international doctorate of pharmacy program. Pharmacy, 7(3), 85-92. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48699 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To evaluate the educational experience and teaching methods of the collaborative Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) program between the University of Malta (UM) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Methods: A 41-question survey was developed to identify student demographics, satisfaction with the PharmD program and the utility of the current curricular components. Students who enrolled in the program in May 2017 were invited to participate. The survey contained open-ended, 5-point Likert, and multiple-choice type questions. The primary outcomes were the overall satisfaction and student motivations for pursuing the program. Secondary outcomes included the level of difficulty of courses, evaluation of assessment methods, and confidence in an interdisciplinary team. Results: Thirty-six students completed the survey (a response rate of 83.7%). The mean age was 30.1 ± 7.9 years. The majority of the students pursued the PharmD program to improve their knowledge, skills, and opportunity for obtaining a clinical position. The mean overall satisfaction of the program was 3.81 ± 1.1 (5 = very satisfied). Among the core courses, Pharmacotherapeutics had the highest overall satisfaction (4.45 ± 0.91) and level of difficulty (3.84 ± 0.51). Students felt that the tutorials/recitation case discussion sessions were the most effective teaching method (48.4%) and ranked faculties conducting case-based lectures highest for overall performance. Most students felt somewhat confident (54.8%) for participating in a multidisciplinary team. Conclusions: The UM/UIC PharmD Program is a unique program, utilizing a hybrid model of teaching, including distance education, to expose students to a broad and challenging curriculum in clinical pharmacy practice. Students are satisfied with this collaborative, international postgraduate PharmD program. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pharmacy -- Study and teaching -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Distance education -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Student perspectives on a collaborative international doctorate of pharmacy program | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/pharmacy7030085 | - |
dc.publication.title | Pharmacy | en_GB |
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