Impact of distance education on academic performance in a pharmaceutical care course

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 4; p. e0175117
• Main Authors: Gossenheimer, Agnes Nogueira, Bem, Tamires, Carneiro, Mára Lucia Fernandes, de Castro, Mauro Silveira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.04.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Accessibility; Active learning; Adult; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; CAI; Classrooms; Cognitive ability; College campuses; Computer assisted instruction; Computer simulation; Curricula; Dispensing; Distance education; Distance learning; Downloading; Drugs; Education; Education, Distance; Education, Pharmacy - methods; Engineering education; Female; Format; Higher education; Humans; Internet; Learning; Male; Medical students; Medicine and Health Sciences; Modules; Parity; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmacists; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Psychology; Quality control; Schools; Social Sciences; Students; Students, Pharmacy; Studies; Study and teaching; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teachers; Teaching methods; Technology utilization; World Wide Web; Young Adult; Brazil; Rio Grande do Sul Brazil; United States > US

The objective of this study was to compare the performance of pharmacy students from a Pharmaceutical Care course, taught in both distance education (DE) and campus-based formats using active methodologies. For two semesters, students (n = 82) taking the course studied half the subject in the distan...