As we have sought to recognize and celebrate innovation, we have also been reading the pharmacy education literature and investigating methods for enhancing scholarly work in education. As a result of this work, a number of growth opportunities emerged. In particular, we were inspired by four issues related to publication. First, while the evaluation of educational initiatives/interventions is ...

Background & aim: The prevalence of high-risk sexual behaviors among different social groups has been considered as a serious health-related threat in recent years. Given the importance of raising awareness and health among the youth and preventing high-risk behaviors, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of a high-risk sexual behavior prevention program via mobile applicat...

The diversity of mobile hardware and software platforms is one of the major challenges in developing applications for mobile devices such as smartphones. Mobile applications are developed on platform like MS Windows or Linux, and deployed on a totally different platform such as a BlackBerry smartphone. Integrating mobile devices into computing education can raise the level of excitement for stu...

This paper presents different possibilities of using mobile robots in education. Through the application of mobile mechatronic robotic system "Robotino" this paper shows the possibilities of developing interactive lectures and exercises in order to raise the quality of education and to provide new competencies for students. Application of robot as a real system supports strengthening specific a...

The majority of the existing research regarding mobile learning in computing education has primarily focused on studying the effectiveness of, and in some cases reporting about, implemented mobile learning solutions. However, it is equally important to explore development and application perspectives on the integration of mobile learning into computing education and identify practical implicati...

Background Meeting participants' needs and matching their preferences are important prerequisites for an effective Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) program. The objective of this pilot study was to assess the opinion of hospital pharmacy practitioners with respect to the CPE program. Methods The pretested questionnaires were distributed to 20 pharmacy practitioners working in a pharmacy at...

This article considers the use of mobile learning in Bulgarian education by young children. The most used mobile operating systems are analyzed. Also some of the most used existing applications suitable for mobile learning of preschool children are presented and classified. Keywords: Mobile applications for preschool children, mobile learning.

Mobile learning systems are presented as distributed systems containing next generation educational tools for remote education. The paper describes mobile applications and their role in the learning process. The quality characteristics of distributed mobile learning systems are presented. The security, that is very important for this type of applications, is analyzed. A knowledge management per...

BACKGROUND Pharmacy services in the emergency department (ED) have been shown to decrease medication adverse events and improve patient outcomes. Anecdotally, there has been expansion of emergency medicine (EM) educational opportunities for pharmacy students and postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residents, however the extent of this expansion is currently unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective of...

Approximately 38% of US pharmacy schools provide immunization education and training to pharmacy students as part of their core curricula. These deficiencies in immunization education and training may contribute to low immunization rates for some groups of people, particularly hard-to-reach consumers and those with misconceptions about vaccinations. In this paper, we call upon all pharmacy scho...