Educational Card Games to Teach Pharmacotherapeutics in an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Objective. To implement and assess the effectiveness of card games to teach pharmacotherapeutic topics to pharmacy students and to determine the relationship between students' assessment scores and their learning styles. Design. Two card games, Cardiology Go Fish and Infectious Diseases Gin Rum...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2011-03, Vol.75 (2), p.33-33, Article 33
Main Authors: Barclay, Sean M., Jeffres, Meghan N., Bhakta, Ragini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
active learning
Adult
advanced pharmacy practice experience
card games
Cardiology
Cards
Curriculum
Education, Pharmacy - methods
Educational Measurement
Female
Humans
Instructional Design and Assessment
learning preferences
Male
Play and Playthings
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Students, Pharmacy
Study and teaching
Teaching
Teaching Materials
VARK
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective. To implement and assess the effectiveness of card games to teach pharmacotherapeutic topics to pharmacy students and to determine the relationship between students' assessment scores and their learning styles. Design. Two card games, Cardiology Go Fish and Infectious Diseases Gin Rummy, were created and taught to pharmacy students enrolled in an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Students were required to play each game for 1 hour, 3 times over a 6-week period. Assessment. Forty-five students completed a 90-question assessment administered prior to and after the 6-week period in which the games were played. Students' cardiology and infectious diseases assessment scores improved significantly as compared with scores on pharmacy practice questions, 19.2% vs. 5.1%, (p < 0.001) and 10.3% vs. 5.1% (p = 0.006), respectively. Students learned from participating in the games regardless of their learning preference as determined by the VARK (visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic) questionnaire; however, the cardiology assessment scores of students with a preference for kinetic learning improved the most. Conclusions. Incorporating innovative learning tools such as card games into the curriculum of APPEs can enhance the educational experience of pharmacy students.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467
DOI:10.5688/ajpe75233