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Curricular Design / Teaching Strategies

Experiential Education

Virtual Rx: Elevating Pharmacy Education Through Virtual Reality in Compounding Cleanrooms for Future Pharmacists

Monday, July 22, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: Hynes 208

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Describe key areas assessment of student training in United States Pharmacopeia (USP) sterile compounding updates in the past two years
  • Discuss development resources and tools for virtual reality educational offerings to supplement traditional learning strategies
  • Identify opportunities to implement virtual reality in the education of student pharmacists based on previously implemented successes at two other institutions
This session will describe the development and implementation of a virtual reality (VR) sterile cleanroom video used in two academic institutions. The speakers will introduce VR development and describe its use for second-and third-year students prior to their USP 797 sterile compounding pharmacy skills laboratory assessment. Participants will be able to assess the VR videos with personal smartphones or speaker-provided VR headsets. Participants will also consider opportunities in their programs with various VR resources.