title: Incorporating online teaching in an introductory pharmaceutical practice course: a study of student perceptions within an Australian University.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine student perceptions regarding online lectures and quizzes undertaken during a pharmaceutical practice course for first year undergraduate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Pharmacy course at an Australian University.
  
  
  METHODS
  The University uses a standard instrument to collect feedback from students regarding unit satisfaction. Data were collected for three different teaching modalities: traditional face-to-face, online and partially online.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Descriptive statistics support that, from a student's perspective, partial online delivery is the preferred teaching methodology for an introductory pharmaceutical practice unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study has served to highlight that while there are a few points of significant difference between traditional and online teaching and learning, a combination of the two provides a reasonable avenue for teaching exploration. This result has implications for teaching practice generally, and within the pharmacy discipline, specifically.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Curtin University of Technology . Bentley, WA ( Australia ).
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benino
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czarniak
keywords: Australia; Computer-Assisted Instruction; Education, Distance; Education, Pharmacy