Student Learning Outcomes Pharmacy

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Student Learning Outcomes(Pharmacy)

• Susan S. S. Ho
• School of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Medicine
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 9 September 2007

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Outline

• How were pharmacys student learning outcomes
  developed (programme-level)?
• How they have influenced teaching?
• What the CUHK internal reviewers had to say about
  the outcomes?

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Background

• Responding to the rapidly advancing
  pharmaceutical sciences and the changing role of
  the pharmacist
• In 2001, the Curriculum Committee of the School
  took up the task of revising the pharmacy
  curriculum and monitoring its progress
• Membership
• B.Pharm Programme Director
• 3 teaching staff
• Consultant from CLEAR

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Curriculum Planning Model
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Professional Learning Outcomes

• Professional knowledge
• Professional attitude
• Work manner
• Use of information
• Counselling skills

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Professional Knowledge

• Adequate knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to
  identify actual and potential drug related
  problems in patients
• Ability to retrieve, collect and interpret
  clinical data
• Ability to advise patients on drug related
  matters
• Knowledge of pharmacy issues is up-to-date
• Confidence in making decisions on patients drug
  therapy

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Professional Attitude

• Believe that a pharmacists primary
  accountability is to the patient
• Readily accept responsibility for actions and
  decisions
• Behave in an ethical manner
• Can cope with stress at work

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Work Manner

• Pay attention to details
• Able to take initiatives
• Work is reliable
• Work in an organized way
• Work is efficient
• Capable of working without supervision
• Good time management skills

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Use of Information

• Developed ability to access and retrieve relevant
  medical / pharmacy information
• Ability to critically evaluate medical / pharmacy
  literature

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Counselling Skills

• Communicate clearly with patients / customers
• Give good advice to patients about drug related
  matters
• Give good advice to customers about health care
  matters

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Generic Learning Outcomes

• Critical thinking
• Creative thinking
• Self-managed learning
• Adaptability
• Problem solving
• General communication skills
• Interpersonal skills and group work
• Computer literacy

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Feedback

• On perceptions of the development of the
  identified learning outcomes from
• Student Engagement Questionnaire (SEQ)
• Pharmacy Graduates Questionnaire

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Professional Learning Outcomes(Graduates Survey)
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Generic Learning Outcomes (Graduates Survey)
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Comments from Review Panel

• The pharmacy curriculum had been thoroughly
  revised following identification of the learning
  outcomes needed by professional pharmacists.
• The School has monitored and refined the revised
  curriculum by obtaining a wide range of feedback,
  including that on students and graduates
  perceptions of the development of the identified
  learning outcomes.

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The Review Panel felt that

• As a result of these endeavours, the programme
  could be considered highly successful in its main
  aim of training pharmacists equipped with
  important professional and generic capabilities.
• After having interviewed the students and
  alumni, the School was judged to be very
  successful at nurturing the communication skills
  and generic competences it specifies as desired
  learning outcomes.

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Further more

• The School is to be commended for being among
  the pioneers in specifying programme- or
  professional-specific learning outcomes and
  developing these into a graduate survey
  instrument and a course x outcomes matrix.
• The pioneering work has served as a useful model
  for other departments in taking an outcomes-based
  approach.

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Whats next ?

• Further development and refinement of pharmacys
  student learning outcomes
• Encourage Year 1 courses to incorporate
  activities that nurture the higher order generic
  capabilities (e.g. critical thinking, creative
  thinking)

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Thank you.