The Past, Present, and Future of Virtual Reality in Pharmacy Education.

To characterize how virtual reality (VR) has been and is being used in pharmacy education, and evaluate the projected utility of VR technology in pharmacy education in the future. Virtual reality technology has been used in pharmacy education for many years to provide engaging learning experiences. Although these learning experiences were not available in the three-dimensional digital environments provided by current VR, they demonstrated improvements in learning.

Comparison of pharmacy students' perceptions and attitudes toward spirometry first-hand experience versus paper-based active learning.

Background And Purpose: Spirometry is often technically challenging for patients. Previous studies have demonstrated the potential benefits of spirometry in the community pharmacy setting. This study compared pharmacy students' perceptions and attitudes toward performing spirometry, as well as implementing spirometry in clinics and community pharmacies through experiencing spirometry first-hand versus completing paper-based active learning exercises.

Exploring virtual reality as a platform for distance team-based learning.

Background And Purpose: Online distance education has become popular in pharmacy education, but it can be challenging to provide engaging experiences such as team-based learning (TBL) in this format. This study explored the utility of virtual reality (VR) as a platform to provide the engaging elements of TBL, without students needing to be physically present in the same room.

Educational Activity And Setting: Volunteers participated in a modified TBL exercise in VR, followed by a survey of the experience.

The Impact of Obesity on the Efficacy of Simvastatin for Lowering Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in a Veteran Population.

A retrospective review found that obesity did not impact the lipid-lowering effectiveness of simvastatin therapy.