scholarly journals Hands-on training on inhaled devices to boost pharmacy students’ performance during inhaler counselling

2021 ◽  
pp. 390-396
Author(s):  
Nurdiana Jamil ◽  
Wan Nur Syafiqa Wan Norhaidi ◽  
Syahiera Farhana Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Dry Powder Inhaler ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Dose Inhaler ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Metered Dose ◽  
Objective Structured Clinical Exam ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Learning

Objective: The effective use of inhalers depends on completeness of information from healthcare providers. As pharmacists acquire foundational skills on inhalers from their undergraduate curriculum, the experience and performance of pharmacy students regarding inhaler counselling should be explored. Methods: Pharmacy students who completed their final year of study answered an online questionnaire on their experience with teaching-learning activities on inhalers. Students also underwent an objective structured clinical exam that included Turbuhaler device counselling. Results: 84 students who completed the online questionnaire strongly agreed that the curriculum increased their awareness of different types of inhalers (65.5%) and specific techniques for use (64.3%). Students reported being able to counsel on metered-dose inhaler (98.8%) and dry-powder inhaler (92.8%) techniques. Students performed well (mean=9.4, SD=2.7) at Turbuhaler counselling from a full score of 14. Conclusions: The current training on inhaler devices was useful for the pharmacy students. Future training should emphasise supplementary advice on inhaler taste and gargling.

scholarly journals A STUDY TO EXPLORE LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCES OF PHARMACY STUDENTS WITH REGARD TO PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
BAHTA WARA ◽  
JAN DALY ◽  
HANA MORRISSEY ◽  
PATRICK BALL
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Test Session ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Learning Preference ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Learning

Objective: Pharmaceutical calculations are an essential aspect of learning for pharmacy students in order to avoid drug dose errors and maintain patient safety in future practice. Learning styles influence how lecturers approach the teaching-learning process. So far no specific learning preference is believed to be most appropriate for the pharmacy curricular; however certain learning styles are favoured by students as they improve their understanding of course material, knowledge and performance. Methods: 148Master of pharmacy participants from the second and third year were given a questionnaire to complete during a compulsory Individual Readiness Assurance Test session. Participants were restricted to just one option. Results: Workshops with a tutor was the most selected (36%) followed by 25% of participants favouring formative assessments, 28% selected workbooks alone, 37% for whole-class lecturers and videos option was the least selected. Reasons for the most and least preferred learning styles were highlighted and separated into advantages and disadvantages using themes. In the knowledge test; 92% of participants selected “unsure” or “didn’t know” the answer, 29% had a partially correct answer and 19% selected incorrect answers. The overall order of ranking arose in regards to the most beneficial learning style which enhances performance. The responses revealed a variety of advantages and disadvantages which were reflected between year groups and similar to views obtained from recent literature. Students reflected a lack of understanding on extemporaneous preparation (EPs) terms used in pharmaceutical compounding practices, thus the university should consider addressing the lack of awareness and consider the best teaching-learning style in doing so. Conclusion: Overall the findings suggested that the sample students have similar views on the learning styles used to deliver pharmaceutical calculations on their academic performance to that expressed by the authors from recent published literature.

Clickhaler (a Novel Dry Powder Inhaler) Provides Similar Bronchodilation to Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler, Even at Low Flow Rates

CHEST Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 952-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Newhouse ◽  
Normand P. Nantel ◽  
Carole B. Chambers ◽  
Barbara Pratt ◽  
Mark Parry-Billings
Keyword(s):  
Dry Powder Inhaler ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Dose Inhaler ◽  
Metered Dose Inhaler ◽  
Dry Powder ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Metered Dose ◽  
Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler
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