Directions and Trends in Pharmaceutical Education in the Post-COVID-19 era
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The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected all levels of education, including the educational management of the Faculty of Pharmacy. As a result, all curriculums of each university must be adjusted to entirely online teaching and learning while being effective for both teachers and students. Online pharmacy education during that period was either synchronous or a hybrid of synchronous and asynchronous learning by using several tools such as Zoom, Google Platform, Pro EZGC chromatogram modeler, online questionnaires, etc. Applying these tools resulted in improved learning outcomes as well as positive attitudes of students toward online learning. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been getting better, pharmacy students and teachers still desire online learning as an integral part of the curriculum. Since students could manage their own study time and use online learning as a tool to review any lessons at their convenience. In addition, teachers also could clearly exhibit more important details in laboratory practice to all students than the large group studying in the classroom. Accordingly, continual improvement of online teaching and learning suitable to the nature of each course is required to improve the quality of education and provide maximum benefits to students sustainably as well as to prepare for upcoming crises.
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