Video-based learning can improve the understanding of pharmacists contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of pharmacy students in Japan
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
; 21(3): 1-6, jul.-sep. 2023. tab
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in English
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| ID: ibc-226177
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ABSTRACT
Backgound It has been challenging to conduct university education in face-to-face and large group settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, there is a pressing need for online educational videos. Objective:
To create educational videos to highlight community pharmacists efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and investigate pharmacy students awareness of community pharmacists efforts.Methods:
To assess the importance of five educational videos, we conducted a cross-sectional survey. In July 2020, first-year pharmacy students (n = 120) were invited to watch these educational videos, which dealt with infection control measures for COVID-19 in pharmacies and the questions received from patients on COVID-19. Subsequently, the students were asked to respond to a questionnaire to assess the impact of the videos on them.Results:
Seventy percent of the students revealed that after watching the videos, they, for the first time, realized the contributions of community pharmacists toward healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the students reported that their image of the pharmacist profession changed to a familiar medical professional who is close to patients. Furthermore, 102 of the participants (85%) were satisfied with the videos and more than 60% said they gave them confidence for their future studies.Conclusions:
Creating these five educational videos provided the first-year pharmacy students with an improved understanding of the role played by pharmacists in public health. Through the videos, the role of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly highlighted. This helped students feel closer to pharmacists, whose role is rarely reported in the media. Moreover, their future goal of becoming a pharmacist was concretized. (AU)
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Main subject:
Pharmacists
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Coronavirus Infections
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Education, Pharmacy
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Pandemics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Doshisha Womens College of Liberal Arts/Japan
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Kyoto University/Japan