title: Redesign of a pediatric pharmacotherapy elective course to accommodate budget reductions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To redesign a pediatric elective pharmacotherapy course and determine whether the redesign resulted in changes in outcome measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Active learning activities were moved to an online format. Prerecorded lectures continued to be used. Peer evaluation was incorporated to give the students more feedback on their performance. ASSESSMENT; Presentation grades, average examination grades, course grades, and evaluation scores from each student who completed University course evaluations were documented for students during the 2 semesters before and the 2 semesters after the course redesign. Although for undetermined reasons a drop in examination grades occurred after the course redesign, no significant differences in presentation grades, final grades, or course evaluation grades occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A strategic course redesign successfully reduced the costs and faculty time required to offer an elective course viewed as essential to the curriculum, allowing the course to be continued in the face of state budget cuts.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Pharmacy, St Petersburg Campus, 9200 113th Street North, PH102, Seminole, FL 33772, USA. williams@cop.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Motycka
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: St Onge
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000191:economics; D017046:Cost Savings; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000191:economics; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration; D005246:Feedback; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013663:Teaching / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017748:Time Management / Q000191:economics; D014836:Volition