Current Proceedings on Technology

Yazarlar: Hesham Aly Salem

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Computer assisted learning,Practical pharmacology,Simulation,Virtual lab

Özet: The use of computer in education is growing, increasingly widespread and became an essential requirement for education quality. Computer assisted learning is interesting to students and best suited for them to acquire and understand the knowledge and also easier for the lecturer to deliver that knowledge. There is an obvious trend toward simulation of practical experiments, particularly those wasting animals. There is no doubt that simulation saves animals, time as well as other financial resources. Although, there are many simulation programs for some pharmacological experiments, we have designed new software to simulate in vitro experiments which are currently involved in practical pharmacology syllabus for undergraduate students of Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. This software is called Interactive Computer Simulated Practical Pharmacology (ICSPP). ICSPP does not depend on a database storing figures for different responses, as it is designed to be interactive so that gives variable responses through mathematical equations that take into account; nature, concentration, dose of added drug as well as presence or absence of another drug on the isolated preparation that may affect the drug response. ICSPP also gives the possibility for coding names or concentrations of drugs allowing a coding for practical exams. In addition, it records potential procedural mistakes made by students, so that staff members can properly assess the student's work. Finally, the software can be modified to simulate other in vitro dose-response experiments according to the required educational syllabus.

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