Review of Teaching Methods for Pharmacy Clinical Skills Among Healthcare Students: a Systematic Review

Review of Teaching Methods for Pharmacy Clinical Skills Among Healthcare Students: a Systematic Review | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Systematic Review Review of Teaching Methods for Pharmacy Clinical Skills Among Healthcare Students: a Systematic Review Fatimah Ali Hassan Salama El-Hennawi, Hong Tram Nguyen, Irene Yeow Huei Ling, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7593452/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Since a variety of clinical skills are necessary for healthcare professionals to provide the best patient care, it is important to explore how these skills are taught, especially in pharmacy education, as pharmacists are often the patient's first point of contact. The study's goal was to conduct a systematic literature review to determine the prevalence of simulation-based teaching in developing pharmacy clinical skills among healthcare students. The results covered six publications around simulation as a teaching-learning technique for health professionals. Teaching institutions, hospitals, and pharmacies can use the findings from this study to improve healthcare education, ensuring that pharmacists efficiently apply their clinical skills and knowledge in real-life scenarios. This study revealed that simulation-based teaching was repeatedly demonstrated to improve competency in many areas, as well as the perceived level of trust, speaking out loud behaviours, communication, and teamwork. However, it did not significantly raise students' overall level of knowledge and therefore should be complemented with other teaching methods like tutorials and workshops to ensure a better understanding of the subject. In conclusion, simulation was commonly used by teaching institutions and it should be integrated with self-study and traditional methods such as lectures to fully consolidate knowledge. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Supplementary Files Screenshot20250912at1.06.09AM.png Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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