Rebuilding Face-to-Face Interactive Classes for an Online Format: Practice through an Introductory Class of Behavioral Economics for Pharmacy Students

Author: Asuka Hatabu , Kenji Ikeda, Mikiko Ueda

Category: Pharmacy

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic caused many face-to-face classes to be abruptly converted to online classes. However, there were challenges related to conducting and evaluating online classes. Therefore, this study aimed to rebuild and mold face-to-face interactive classes to suit the online format. Accordingly, we conducted introductory classes on behavioral economics (BE) for pharmacy students, which were previously proposed to be conducted face-to-face. We conducted a 90 minute-class via Zoom. During the class, participants answered quizzes in LoiLoNote School. We presented seven quizzes to 95 of 113 (84.1%) students who accessed LoiLoNote School, and approximately 78 (69.0%) to 85 (75.2%) responded to each quiz. By sharing LoiLoNote School’s submission box with the students, we could easily access their responses and conduct a lecture based on the results. In the future, we plan to evaluate the class based on the homework and post-class questionnaire results.

Keywords: pharmacy education, online learning, behavioral economics