Learning Object Description

Below is a description of the Pharmacology learning object we created.

Using Macromedia’s Flash MX we developed an interactive online module to help students learn about the major therapeutic principles of drug administration.

Using the learning object the student can practice the application of the principles by selecting different drugs from the database along with a variety of patient characteristics and routes of administration. The students can manipulate these variables and see the corresponding results in a blood concentration time curve. The student is able to fully acquire the principle, because they are able to apply it in a number of new situations.

Recognizing the situations in which the principle is applicable will enable the student to predict and explain the effects of changing the variables. Demonstrations of the therapeutic principles are also provided. The learning object contains ten basic therapeutic principles (Melmon & Morrelli) and fifteen drugs.

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