title: A curriculum development simulation in a graduate program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To implement and evaluate a curriculum development seminar in which graduate students experienced circumstances that occur when faculty members develop and attempt to secure colleague approval for a curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Learning activities for the graduate seminar included classroom lectures, active learning, and a group project in which simulated faculty committees created new curriculums for the pharmacy practice department's 3 research areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Responses on pre- and post-seminar surveys indicated that graduate students' self-confidence in their ability to conduct key curriculum development activities increased (p < 0.05). In a post-seminar focus group, graduate students stated that they valued participating in the faculty simulation, learning about curriculum development and research programs other than their own, and collaborating with their peers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A curriculum development faculty simulation was an effective tool for preparing graduate students for curriculum development responsibilities and generated valuable documents that the department could use in the revision of the 3 pharmacy practice graduate school curricula.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, USA.
authors.forename: Gail D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Nicholas E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Hagemeier
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*