An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids
Despite the popularity of active learning applications over the past few decades, few activities have been reported for the field of medicinal chemistry. The purpose of this study is to report a new active learning activity, describe participant contributions, and examine participant performance on...
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| description | Despite the popularity of active learning applications over the past few decades, few activities have been reported for the field of medicinal chemistry. The purpose of this study is to report a new active learning activity, describe participant contributions, and examine participant performance on the assessment questions mapped to the objective covered by the activity. In this particular activity, students are asked to design two novel corticosteroids as a group (6–8 students per group) based on the design characteristics of marketed corticosteroids covered in lecture coupled with their pharmaceutics knowledge from the previous semester and then defend their design to the class through an interactive presentation model. Although class performance on the objective mapped to this material on the assessment did not reach statistical significance, use of this activity has allowed fruitful discussion of misunderstood concepts and facilitated multiple changes to the lecture presentation. As pharmacy schools continue to emphasize alternative learning pedagogies, publication of previously implemented activities demonstrating their use will help others apply similar methodologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6703735b02344241ac622e327abcaf1d2022-12-22T04:03:53ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872018-02-01611610.3390/pharmacy6010016pharmacy6010016An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the CorticosteroidsStephen R. Slauson0Prashant Mandela1School of Pharmacy, University of Saint Joseph, 229 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103, USASchool of Pharmacy, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, USADespite the popularity of active learning applications over the past few decades, few activities have been reported for the field of medicinal chemistry. The purpose of this study is to report a new active learning activity, describe participant contributions, and examine participant performance on the assessment questions mapped to the objective covered by the activity. In this particular activity, students are asked to design two novel corticosteroids as a group (6–8 students per group) based on the design characteristics of marketed corticosteroids covered in lecture coupled with their pharmaceutics knowledge from the previous semester and then defend their design to the class through an interactive presentation model. Although class performance on the objective mapped to this material on the assessment did not reach statistical significance, use of this activity has allowed fruitful discussion of misunderstood concepts and facilitated multiple changes to the lecture presentation. As pharmacy schools continue to emphasize alternative learning pedagogies, publication of previously implemented activities demonstrating their use will help others apply similar methodologies.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/6/1/16active-learningmedicinal chemistrylarge lecturesgroup learningcorticosteroids |
| spellingShingle | Stephen R. Slauson Prashant Mandela An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids Pharmacy active-learning medicinal chemistry large lectures group learning corticosteroids |
| title | An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids |
| title_full | An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids |
| title_fullStr | An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids |
| title_short | An Active Learning Activity to Reinforce the Design Components of the Corticosteroids |
| title_sort | active learning activity to reinforce the design components of the corticosteroids |
| topic | active-learning medicinal chemistry large lectures group learning corticosteroids |
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