Preparing incoming pharmacy students for a professional program: utilization of a practice lecture and comparative quizzes as a component of a bridging program

A pharmacy school implemented a summer bridging program this past year that included, but was not limited to, modules on academic skills training and review of foundational concepts in the basic sciences. One of the first-semester pharmacy courses in which our students struggle the most is an Integr...

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Published inAdvances in physiology education Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 196 - 198
Main Author Dirks-Naylor, Amie J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Physiological Society 01.06.2019
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Pharmaceutical sciences
Science education
Training
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Summary:A pharmacy school implemented a summer bridging program this past year that included, but was not limited to, modules on academic skills training and review of foundational concepts in the basic sciences. One of the first-semester pharmacy courses in which our students struggle the most is an Integrated Biological Sciences (BSI) course. Thus a component of the bridging program was a practice BSI lecture and the use of comparative quizzes to highlight the disparities between undergraduate- and graduate-level expectations in a challenging basic science course such as BSI. Here, Dirks-Naylor describe the implementation of the practice lecture and quizzes as a tool for academic skills training and preparation for a professional degree program.
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ISSN:1043-4046
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DOI:10.1152/advan.00008.2019