Open AccessAn entrepreneurial activity implementation and assessment among pharmacy students amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Author(s) -
Elaine Nguyen,
So Hyun Kim,
Mohammed A. Islam,
Young-Il Chang,
Judy Aoyagi,
Alamdar Hussain
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pharmacy education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1477-2701
pISSN - 1560-2214
DOI - 10.46542/pe.2022.221.1622
Subject(s) - rubric , pharmacy , covid-19 , pandemic , certificate , grading (engineering) , medical education , entrepreneurship , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , pharmacy practice , style (visual arts) , medicine , pedagogy , nursing , political science , engineering , computer science , algorithm , law , history , archaeology , pathology , civil engineering , radiology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , outbreak
Objective: To implement and assess innovation and entrepreneurship (IE) learning experience in professional pharmacy students using presentations based on the Shark Tank model. Methods: First-year doctor of pharmacy students were invited to participate in an IE learning experience emphasising the importance of self-care needs of the society during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Students’ proposals were assessed by Sharks (inquisitors) based on a grading rubric, and a post-activity survey captured students’ reflections of their experience. Results: Twelve students participated in the IE activity, and presented their proposals virtually in a Shark Tank style format. Students’ scores for the proposals ranged from 87.5% (capable entrepreneurs) to 56.8% (incapable entrepreneurs), with the winner receiving a gift certificate. Survey ratings given by students on a scale of one to five for the IE activity were overwhelmingly favourable, with both the activity (4.73 (1.09)) and presentation style (4.27 (0.37)) viewed to be timely and relevant. Conclusion: An IE learning activity was implemented and assessed in the pharmacy programme using Shark Tank style presentations. The authors believe such initiatives, conducted either virtually or face-to-face, could serve as prototypes for professional pharmacy schools interested in creating exciting ways to implement IE activities in their programmes.