| Literature DB >> 27667841 |
Farnoush Pedrami1, Pamela Asenso1, Sachin Devi1.
Abstract
Objective. To identify trends in pharmacy education during last two decades using text mining. Methods. Articles published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE) in the past two decades were compiled in a database. Custom text analytics software was written using Visual Basic programming language in the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor of Excel 2007. Frequency of words appearing in article titles was calculated using the custom VBA software. Data were analyzed to identify the emerging trends in pharmacy education. Results. Three educational trends emerged: active learning, interprofessional, and cultural competency. Conclusion. The text analytics program successfully identified trends in article topics and may be a useful compass to predict the future course of pharmacy education.Keywords: AJPE; pharmacy education; text analytics
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27667841 PMCID: PMC5023975 DOI: 10.5688/ajpe806104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Pharm Educ ISSN: 0002-9459 Impact factor: 2.047