2020 Volume 46 Issue 12 Pages 739-746
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected every aspect of social life. Even in the education field, flexible measures were required beyond conventional wisdom. We provided remote practical hospital pharmacy training (remote training) using online systems such as Zoom and Moodle. We conducted a questionnaire survey with 38 subjects and 34 respondents, who were students that underwent remote training. The students self-evaluated their achievement level regarding specific behavioral objectives (SBOs), from the 2013 revised edition of pharmaceutical clinical practice related to hospital pharmacy practical training, in four stages. In addition, we analyzed the words used in the free comments using a text mining method for their characteristics. The SBO classifications exceeding the overall average were “clinical attitude”, "acknowledgement of patient information”, “prescription and question inquiry”, and so forth. The SBO classifications falling below the overall average were “team medical care at medical institutions”, “preparation of drugs based on prescription”, “safety management”, and so forth. The analysis of the positive aspects of remote training suggest that it was useful in sharing information about Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) records in case analysis, and evaluating the effects and side effects of drug treatment. Conversely, the analysis of the required improvements in remote training showed concerns regarding the considerable amount of homework and issues within the communication environment. We consider that remote training has a certain educational effect and can be expected to complement clinical training.
