Reducing Pharmaceuticals in Water, a New Module Integrated in the Pharmacy Game: Evaluating the Module's Effects on Students' Knowledge and Attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Pharmaceutical residues end up in surface waters, impacting drinking water sources and contaminating the aquatic ecosystem. Pharmacists can play a role in reducing pharmaceutical residues, yet this is often not addressed in pharmacy undergraduate education. Therefore, we developed the educational module "Reducing Pharmaceuticals in Water" for pharmacy students; this was integrated in our pharmacy simulation game for third year Master of Pharmacy students at the University of Groningen. In this study, we aim to evaluate the effects of the module on students' knowledge of pharmaceutical residues in water, to describe students' experiences in taking the module, and to explore their attitudes towards green pharmacy education in general. This mixed-methods study included quantitative measuremen

SUBMITTER: Fens T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10892046 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature