title: A primer on audience response systems: current applications and future considerations.
abstract: Audience response systems (ARSs) are an increasingly popular tool in higher education for promoting interactivity, gathering feedback, preassessing knowledge, and assessing students' understanding of lecture concepts. Instructors in numerous disciplines are realizing the pedagogical value of these systems. Actual research on ARS usage within pharmacy education is sparse. In this paper, the health professions literature on uses of ARSs is reviewed and a primer on the issues, benefits, and potential uses within pharmacy education is presented. Future areas of educational research on ARS instructional strategies are also suggested.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0082, USA. jjcain00@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D005178:Faculty; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016730:Program Development; D012984:Software; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D014584:User-Computer Interface