Abstract
Objective: To develop and implement a video production project to increase student knowledge of self-care and nonprescription medication topics. Methods: Faculty created an innovative instructional design in which students produced videos to teach the public about common self-care topics and nonprescription medications. Videos were viewed by student peers, faculty, and community pharmacists. Before viewing the videos, a pre-exam was administered on a volunteer basis to second- and third-year pharmacy students to assess the baseline knowledge of self-care topics and nonprescription medications for second-year students and to assess the retention of knowledge learned regarding self-care topics and nonprescription medications of third-year students. Immediately after viewing the videos, a post-exam was administered to both groups. The exam evaluated students' knowledge of 14 self-care topics before and after the self-care video viewing. Results: Sixty-nine (84%) second-year students participated in a pre/post exam. Results were analyzed using a two-sided Fisher's exact test under the null hypothesis that students would not gain additional knowledge from viewing student-produced self-care videos. Second-year students' scores increased in 12 of the 14 subject areas after viewing the self-care videos. Conclusions: Implementation of a video production project improved pharmacy students' knowledge of self-care and nonprescription medication topics.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 44-48 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nonprescription video
- Pharmaceutical care laboratory
- Self-care
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacy