title: Combined use of online tutorials and hands-on group exercises in bibliographic instruction for pharmacy students.
abstract: This study describes the new blended learning methodology implemented in a Drug Literature Evaluation course for pharmacy students that involves combined use of online tutorials and in-class group exercises. Assignment grades earned by 909 students enrolled in the course before and after the new methods were implemented (2008-2010) were studied to measure student performance. Course evaluations were analyzed in order to ascertain students' perceptions. The hybrid approach used to deliver the course content allowed students to perform at the same level as traditional didactic teaching. Students' evaluations reported a positive educational experience and favorable perceptions of the new course design.
authors.affiliation: Henrietta DeBenedictis Library, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mariana.lapidus@mcphs.edu
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: Sarah K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kostka-Rokosz
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D007998:Library Science / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation