Purdue Pharmacy Practice

Instructional Design
West Lafayette, IN

PREREQUISITES:  DP-D Status  

DESCRIPTION:   This course is a full time rotation designed to expose the student to a variety of teaching and assessment methods and the conditions under which the use of each method is appropriate. This rotation also affords the student an opportunity to develop, implement and evaluate a unit of instruction for a professional audience of his/her choice, e.g., undergraduate pharmacy students, practicing pharmacists.  

JUSTIFICATION:  Many Doctor of Pharmacy graduates will assume faculty positions at colleges and schools of pharmacy where they will have didactic and experiential teaching responsibilities. However, few professional pharmacy curricula provide opportunities for students to acquire the background knowledge and skills to become effective in these roles. Rather, most graduates are forced to rely on their own experiences as students to guide them in their initial teaching assignments: a situation that may or may not produce the desired learning outcomes for students.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:             Upon satisfactory completion of this rotation the student shall be able to:

1.             Explain the advantages and limitations of common instructional and assessment methods for a given educational objective.

2.             Execute the steps in the systematic design of a unit of instruction.

3.             Provide constructive feedback to others for the improvement of their teaching.

4.             Accept constructive feedback from others for the improvement of teaching.

5.             Summarize contemporary approaches for managing the changing profile of the typical undergraduate student population.  

COURSE METHODS:               The following instructional methods will be used to document and evaluate student achievement of course objectives.

1.             reading assignments
2.             written, reflective journal assignments
3.             long-term instructional design project  

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES: Students enrolled in this rotation must agree to:

1.             Meet regularly with the rotation preceptor at mutually agreed upon times and locations.

2.             Complete all assignments on or before the agreed upon due dates.  

TEXTBOOK

McKeachie, W. J., et al., McKeachie's Teaching Tips, 10th ed., Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA 1999.

Additional reading materials may be assigned by the preceptor as needed to facilitate achievement of all course objectives.