Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university

Institutions of higher learning are working hard to provide effective, high quality educational programs. Meanwhile, potential students are also looking at “quality” as a metric to help make their decisions about which college to join. Mechanisms to evaluate the quality of higher education offered i...

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Main Authors:	Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Awaisu, Ahmed, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit USM 2009
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/1669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1669/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/1669/1/Students%27_perspectives_on_pharmacy_curriculum_in_a_Malaysian_university.pdf

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spelling	iium-16692016-03-10T04:01:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1669/ Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Awaisu, Ahmed Abdul Razak, Tariq Ab Rahman, Jamalludin L Education (General) Institutions of higher learning are working hard to provide effective, high quality educational programs. Meanwhile, potential students are also looking at “quality” as a metric to help make their decisions about which college to join. Mechanisms to evaluate the quality of higher education offered in universities are already available. This study aimed to determine students’ attitudes and opinions regarding the pharmacy curriculum at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A survey instrument was administered to all final year bachelor of pharmacy (BPharm) students. Forty students (93%) completed and returned the survey. The majority of students (75%) expressed their satisfaction regarding the curriculum in general. Most students (74%) were also satisfied with the courses offered by the department of pharmacy practice. However, students were not satisfied with certain issues such as overlapping of some pharmacy practice courses, and the inclusion of the Malaysian language course in the BPharm curriculum. Penerbit USM 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1669/1/Students%27_perspectives_on_pharmacy_curriculum_in_a_Malaysian_university.pdf Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki and Awaisu, Ahmed and Abdul Razak, Tariq and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin (2009) Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university. Malaysian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 7 (2). pp. 125-136. ISSN 2180-429X http://web.usm.my/mjps/vol_7-2.html
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Awaisu, Ahmed Abdul Razak, Tariq Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university
description	Institutions of higher learning are working hard to provide effective, high quality educational programs. Meanwhile, potential students are also looking at “quality” as a metric to help make their decisions about which college to join. Mechanisms to evaluate the quality of higher education offered in universities are already available. This study aimed to determine students’ attitudes and opinions regarding the pharmacy curriculum at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A survey instrument was administered to all final year bachelor of pharmacy (BPharm) students. Forty students (93%) completed and returned the survey. The majority of students (75%) expressed their satisfaction regarding the curriculum in general. Most students (74%) were also satisfied with the courses offered by the department of pharmacy practice. However, students were not satisfied with certain issues such as overlapping of some pharmacy practice courses, and the inclusion of the Malaysian language course in the BPharm curriculum.
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author	Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Awaisu, Ahmed Abdul Razak, Tariq Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
author_facet	Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Awaisu, Ahmed Abdul Razak, Tariq Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
author_sort	Al-Efan, Qais Muhammad Ahmad
title	Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university
title_short	Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university
title_full	Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university
title_fullStr	Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university
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publishDate	2009
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Students’ perspectives on pharmacy curriculum in a Malaysian university

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