Design Considerations of a Compounded Sterile Preparations Course

To design a comprehensive learning and assessment environment for the practical application of compounded sterile preparations using a constructivist approach. Compounded Sterile Preparations Laboratory is a required 1-credit course that builds upon the themes of training aseptic technique typically...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2016-02, Vol.80 (1), p.12-12, Article 12
Main Authors: Nemec, Eric C., Petraglia, Christine, Mattison, Melissa J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asepsis
assessment
compounded sterile preparations
Curriculum
Drug compounding
Drug Compounding - methods
Education, Pharmacy
Forecasts and trends
Humans
Instructional Design and Assessment
Laboratories
laboratory
Learning
Pharmaceutical education
Students, Pharmacy
Study and teaching
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Summary:To design a comprehensive learning and assessment environment for the practical application of compounded sterile preparations using a constructivist approach. Compounded Sterile Preparations Laboratory is a required 1-credit course that builds upon the themes of training aseptic technique typically used in health system settings and threads application of concepts from other courses in the curriculum. Students used critical-thinking skills to devise appropriate strategies to compound sterile preparations. Aseptic technique skills were assessed with objective, structured, checklist-based rubrics. Most students successfully completed practical assessments using appropriate technique (mean assessment grade=83.2%). Almost all students passed the practical media fill (98%) and gloved fingertip sampling (86%) tests on the first attempt; all passed on the second attempt. Employing a constructivist scaffold approach to teaching proper hygiene and aseptic technique prepared students to pass media fill and gloved fingertip tests and to perform well on practical compounding assessments.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467
DOI:10.5688/ajpe80112