Pharmacy Students' Utilization of an Online Tool for Immediate Formative Feedback on Reflective Writing Tasks.

Publisher: Elsevier Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0372650 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1553-6467 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00029459 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Pharm Educ Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2023- : [New York] : Elsevier Inc.
Original Publication: Alexandria, Va. : American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Education, Distance/*statistics & numerical data ; Education, Pharmacy/*statistics & numerical data ; Students, Pharmacy/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Curriculum/statistics & numerical data ; Educational Measurement/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Formative Feedback ; Humans ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data ; Writing ; Young Adult

Objective. To assess pharmacy students' perceptions of the benefits and utility of a novel online reflective-writing tool. Methods. After completing a required Academic Writing Analytics (AWA) workshop, Master of Pharmacy students submitted a reflective writing assignment in the AWA web application. A six-item survey was administered to students prior to and immediately after using AWA. Results. Sixty students volunteered to participate in the study; however, only 39 students provided a pseudonym that allowed their pretest and posttest to be matched. A comparison of students' responses on the pretest with those on the posttest, which was administered four weeks after the workshop, suggest a noticeable increase in agreement with AWA's benefits as an effective, online tool for improving their reflective learning skills. Conclusion. This novel online tool has the potential to assist pharmacy students with self-critiquing and improving their reflective writing assignments prior to submission. Furthermore, as the elements of reflection are transferable, this tool has the potential to be used in other educational contexts.

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Keywords: assessment; evaluation; pharmacy education; reflection; reflective practice

Date Created: 20190912 Date Completed: 20200803 Latest Revision: 20230908

20230908

PMC6718482

10.5688/ajpe6800

31507274