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Article: An evaluation of Information Technology use among first year pharmacy students
- Article from:
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Winter 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This work examines the previous Information Technology exposure of a group of first year pharmacy students, and solicits their opinions as to the validity of a curriculum which incorporated Information Technology (IT) workshops in pharmaceutical chemistry. Attention is focused toward the role that Information Technology makes in the learning experience of mature students. It has been found that such students (and others without the prerequisite qualifications) particularly benefited from IT in their learning. Certain subjects, in particular stereochemistry, the 3-D structure of molecules, were areas in which IT proved to be a most valuable aid to understanding. The use of IT as a learning ...