Perception of Students about Teaching and Assessments in a Nigerian Pharmacy School
Keywords:
Pharmacy education, Teaching, Learning, AssessmentAbstract
Background: Students have been identified as the first stakeholders of the teaching profession and their perspectives on teaching and learning should be considered. The study aimed to assess the perception of pharmacy students about teaching, learning and assessments.
Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey of Pharmacy students (200L-500L) in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) IIe-Ife. At 95% confidence interval, the sample size used was 510. Data collection involved the use of pretested structured questionnaire. The instrument was administered to all the four levels using hard copy questionnaire. The data collection lasted about two weeks and the forms were retrieved from respondents immediately after completion. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, standard deviations and mean while KruskalWallis test was employed for inferential determinations.
Results: Majority of the respondents (76.7%) had positive perception of lecturers and teaching across all the levels. However, there was a significant ix' = 10.81; df= 3; p = 0.002) increasing negative perception with students in higher levels. Majority of the students (91.1%) had positive perception about class participation and learning though not statistically significant (y' = 3.68; df = 3; p = 0.298) across the different levels. Most of the respondents (69.3%) had positive attitude about assessments in Pharmacy. There was a statistically significant increase in negative attitude about the impact of teaching and learning on assessments with level of the students (y'= 8.836; df= 3; p= 0.032).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the students had positive perception about teaching, learning and assessment. However, the students in the lower levels had more positive perception than those in the higher levels. Therefore, student in higher levels should be encouraged more during classes and clerkship trainings.
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