Curricular Integration in Pharmacy Education

This article reviews the concepts of curricular integration and integrative learning. These concepts have reemerged in contemporary higher education reforms and are crucial in pharmacy programs where students are expected to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for competent practice...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2012-11, Vol.76 (10), p.1
Main Authors: Pearson, Marion L, Hubball, Harry T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Colleges & universities
Core curriculum
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Drug therapy
Education reform
Educational Change
Educational Objectives
Health education
Learning
Pedagogy
Pharmacy
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This article reviews the concepts of curricular integration and integrative learning. These concepts have reemerged in contemporary higher education reforms and are crucial in pharmacy programs where students are expected to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for competent practice in a complex environment. Enhancing integration requires negotiating obstacles, including institutional traditions of disciplinary structures and disciplinary differences in understandings of knowledge and approaches to teaching and learning; investing the time and effort to design and implement integrated curricula; and using learning-centered pedagogical strategies. Evidence supporting the value of such efforts is not compelling, as much because of insufficient research as lackluster findings. Future avenues of scholarly inquiry are suggested to evaluate curricular integration, distinguishing between the curriculum espoused by planners, the curriculum enacted by instructors, and the curriculum experienced by students. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467