Enhancing the development of pharmacy education by changing pharmacy teaching
Keywords:
Learning, pedagogical changes, pharmacy education, teachingAbstract
In this paper, we present a model which describes the main elements and aspects of teaching and learning in pharmacy education. We first explore what quality of teaching and learning means. From this information, we concentrate on pedagogical implications to change pharmacy teaching to improve the quality of learning. In the final section, we summarise the importance of developing the pharmacy teaching due to the demands of Bologna process, lifelong learning in working life, and university staff development.References
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