title: Academic performance in a pharmacotherapeutics course sequence taught synchronously on two campuses using distance education technology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the academic performance of campus-based students in a pharmacotherapeutics course with that of students at a distant campus taught via synchronous teleconferencing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Examination scores and final course grades for campus-based and distant students completing the case-based pharmacotherapeutics course sequence over a 5-year period were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean examination scores and final course grades were not significantly different between students on the 2 campuses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of synchronous distance education technology to teach students does not affect students' academic performance when used in an active-learning, case-based pharmacotherapeutics course.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, 01608, USA. michael.steinberg@mcphs.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
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