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Dyspepsia Observation

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Observation of Case Study 3
Students attended a case study briefing session that highlighted the content that would be covered in the workshop. This gave them an insight on how they should prepare for this learning session.
There were 20 students present at this case study who arranged themselves into groups of 3 to 4 people. Each group was given one or two Ipads, where the case studies could be loaded. The cases were organised in a realistic way involving patients, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals like GPs. This one focussed on gastric ulceration and explored its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options. The cases covered a good variety of the different disciplines taught in the Dyspepsia module, which were linked together …show more content…

Use of different questions seemed to be very beneficial to test students’ knowledge and understanding from the lectures. The workshop provided students with a good balance of the different themes from the dyspepsia module with the clinical, ADME, chemistry, pharmacology and physiology themes all incorporated.

The facilitator allowed students to work through three to four questions before going over them to check for their understanding. Students seemed reluctant to give their answers at first, which suggested they weren’t confident with their answers or too shy to contribute. However, after providing hints to some the questions, students were able to recall the correct answers and show some understanding of the concepy. On the other hand, some questions proved to be relatively difficult for the students, particularly the ADME section. The facilitator went over these questions a couple of times and used diagrams to reinforce their learning. Students were asked to explain back to the facilitator what they had learnt to ensure they had a clear understanding. By the end of the session it was clear that all the students had a greater knowledge and perception of the subjects covered in this

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