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Research & Initiatives

FREMFARM activities are divided into four work packages that will be carried out along the 5 years study programmes in pharmacy at UiB.

Meet the team

FOUR WORK PACKAGES

Values and reflections

In this work package, we want to integrate key values into the students' professional identity. The 5 ethical guidelines for pharmacists, i.e. the promotion of health, respect for the individual, professional integrity, trust, and collegiality, will form the basis for the work.

Communication and innovation

In this work package, we will work on developing, testing, and evaluating new ways to develop knowledge and skills in communication and innovation among pharmacy students.

Coherence

This work package is about creating more coherence in pharmacy studies. It was initially based on students' request. The aim of this WP is to help students to understand how the different topics are connected, and why they are relevant for future working life. A digital course with short assignments is currently being tested, which will demonstrate the relevance of the subjects that have been taught so far.

Skills development

Professional skills development among the employees is the focus area in this work package. We want to build a supportive and sharing culture among the teachers so that they can learn from each other. Increased focus on adapting learning outcomes with teaching and assessment methods is also part of the competence development.

OUR MAIN GOAL

The purpose of this project is therefore to develop, test, evaluate and adopt student-active forms of learning that make the candidates:

familiar with reflection and the active use of values as an aid in decision-making
capable of communicating effectively with patients, relatives, colleagues and other healthcare professionals
capable of being innovative and solution-focused in the face of a rapidly changing working life
capable of recognizing relationships between course content and working life

DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH

In an educational setting, design-based research is a research approach that engages in iterative designs to develop knowledge that improves educational practices M Armstrong · 2020)