TODENTJ-25-03-2019_TODENTJ-6-182 1553505391 Bentham Open doi@benthamopen.net Bentham Open The Open Dentistry Journal TODENTJ 1874-2106 11 30 2012 6 1 Paul-Erik Lillholm Rosenbaum Øyvind Mikalsen Henning Lygre Einar Solheim Jan Schjøtt Postgraduate courses in clinical pharmacology are important for dentists to be updated on drug therapy and information related to their clinical practice, as well as knowledge of relevant adverse effects and interactions. A traditional approach with classroom delivery as the only method to teaching and learning has shortcomings regarding flexibility, individual learning preferences, and problem based learning (PBL) activities compared to online environments. This study examines a five week postgraduate course in clinical pharmacology with 15 hours of lectures and online learning activities, i.e. blended course design. Six postgraduate dental students participated and at the end of the course they were interviewed. Our findings emphasize that a blended learning course design can be successfully used in postgraduate dental education. Key matters for discussion were time flexibility and location convenience, change in teacher’s role, rein-forced learning strategies towards professional needs, scarcity in online communication, and proposed future utilization of e-learning components. 11 30 2012 182 187 TODENTJ-6-182 1 10.2174/crossmark_policy opendentistryjournal.com benthamopen.com true Peer Reviewed Single blind Checked with iThenticate 2012-7-19 2012-9-6 2012-9-7 2012-11-30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 10.2174/1874210601206010182 1553505391 https://opendentistryjournal.com/VOLUME/6/PAGE/182/ https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V6/TODENTJ-6-182/TODENTJ-6-182.xml J Ther Clin Risk Manage Dar-Odeh NS 21 301 2010 Dar-Odeh NS, Abu-Hammad OA, Al-Omiri MK, Khraisat AS, Shehabi AA. 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