Video killed the multiple-choice quiz: capturing pharmacy students' literature searching skills using a screencast video assignment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a flipped, required first-year drug information course, students were taught the systematic approach to answering drug information questions, commonly utilized resources, and literature searching. As co-coordinator, a librarian taught three weeks of the course focused on mobile applications, development of literature searching skills, and practicing in PubMed. Course assignments were redesigned in 2019 based on assessment best practices and replaced weekly multiple-choice quizzes used in prior iterations of the course.

Case presentation

Following two weeks of literature searching instruction, students were assigned a drug information question that would serve as the impetus for the search they conducted. Students (n=66) had one week to practice and record a scr

SUBMITTER: Jones EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608213 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature