UPDATE IN CLINICAL EDUCATION:Pharmacy Students and Experiential learning

As members of a profession, we are entrusted with a responsibility to continuously renew our ranks by educating our future clinical

colleagues.

Despite the many challenges, we have a professional duty to teach young

practitioners.

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2007; 71 (6) Article 120.

Pharmacy students’ Approaches to Learning in an Australian University.

Hypothesis being tested:

With increasing experience, students should employ deeper learning strategies over time

Adoption of more productive learning strategies should be reflected in academic results.

Meaning directed learning (Deep processing strategies & self regulation: Learning is the construction of knowledge)

Reproduction directed learning (Surface learning & reliance on regulation: Learning is intake of knowledge)

Undirected learning (Poor self regulation, dependence on external sources for help)

Application directed learning (Strong vocational orientation & belief that learning is the use of knowledge)

Measure & Evaluate the approaches to learning that students adopt

Examine the relationship between student approach to learning and academic performance outcomes

Examine differences in students approach to learning between year groups and within the same year group over time

Evaluate the influence of gender & subject on students’ approach to learning