title: The Use of Animated Videos to Illustrate Oral Solid Dosage Form Manufacturing in a Pharmaceutics Course.
abstract: Objective.To evaluate the impact of animated videos of oral solid dosage form manufacturing as visual instructional aids on pharmacy students' perception and learning.Design.Data were obtained using a validated, paper-based survey instrument designed to evaluate the effectiveness, appeal, and efficiency of the animated videos in a pharmaceutics course offered in spring 2014 and 2015. Basic demographic data were also collected and analyzed. Assessment data at the end of pharmaceutics course was collected for 2013 and compared with assessment data from 2014, and 2015.Assessment.Seventy-six percent of the respondents supported the idea of incorporating animated videos as instructional aids for teaching pharmaceutics. Students' performance on the formative assessment in 2014 and 2015 improved significantly compared to the performance of students in 2013 whose lectures did not include animated videos as instructional aids.Conclusions.Implementing animated videos of oral solid dosage form manufacturing as instructional aids resulted in improved student learning and favorable student perceptions about the instructional approach. Therefore, use of animated videos can be incorporated in pharmaceutics teaching to enhance visual learning.
authors.affiliation: Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy, South Jordan, Utah; University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: Venkata Kashyap
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Yellepeddi
authors.affiliation: Product Animations Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roberson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004304:Dosage Forms; D004339:Drug Compounding; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000193:education*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014741:Video Recording; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004304:Dosage Forms
keywords: animated videos; dosage forms; instructional aids; pharmaceutics; visual learning