title: Pharmacases.de - a student-centered e-learning project of clinical pharmacology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the project Pharmacases.de was to develop an innovative concept for creating high-quality e-learning content which integrates and promotes the theoretical and cooperative skills of final-year medical students and is easily adoptable by cooperating institutes and hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A peer-teaching concept was developed in which final-year medical students with the elective pharmacology independently researched and wrote e-learning cases of clinical pharmacology ("pharmacases"). Subject-specific expertise was acquired by consulting a peer network of elective students of other disciplines. The created material was subjected to a multi-step peer review and published on the open-access internet platform http://www.pharmacases.de . At present, the website contains 45 e-learning cases, 27 quizzes, and a student-managed discussion forum. Each month, approximately 1200 students access the e-learning content on the website with above-average evaluation results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The didactic concept of Pharmacases.de enabled the efficient generation of high-quality e-learning content in a student-centered and interdisciplinary manner and was well received by the students. It will likely facilitate the transfer of theoretical pharmacological knowledge into clinical practice.
authors: Technische Universität München, Germany.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Zollner
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Sucha
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Berg
authors: Nadine
authors: N
authors: Muß
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Amann
authors: Bernadette
authors: B
authors: Amann-Neher
authors: Dorothee
authors: D
authors: Oestreicher
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Engelhardt
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Sarikas
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010379:Peer Group; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching