In response to the shortage of pharmacists in Northern Sweden, a web-based Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy program was established at Umeå University in 2003. In 2009, the Swedish pharmacy market was re-regulated from a state monopoly to an open market, but it is unknown what impact this has had on education satisfaction. The objectives of this study were to examine the level of satisfaction am...

This paper presents an empirical study based on a set of measures to evaluate the usability of mobile applications running on different mobile operating systems, including Android, iOS and Symbian. The aim is to evaluate empirically a framework that we have developed on the use of the Software Quality Standard ISO 9126 in mobile environments, especially the usability characteristic. To do that,...

in recent years, the advancement of information and communication technologies and particularly rapid changes of mobile technologies lead to new applications and services. furthermore, the possibility of mobile service delivery will change its current applications. therefore, it is important to identify the user’s acceptance of mobile services; thus, it is necessary to determine the effective a...

OBJECTIVE To summarize a resource document that explains the concept and components of continuing professional development (CPD) for pharmacists, describes some of the drivers behind the reevaluation of current systems of continuing pharmacy education (CE), defines relevant terms, and outlines some experiences with CPD in selected countries that have already adopted the model. SUMMARY CPD is ...

Purpose: To investigate the California pharmacy students’ perception of their oral health education and knowledge. Methods: In Spring 2015, we e-mailed experiential directors from all the eight accredited pharmacy schools in California requesting them to forward the survey cover letter, including a link to a 16-item online survey, to all their senior students. The e-mail also explained the purp...

OGUMI is an Android-based open source mobile application for conducting Common-Pool Resource Experiments, Choice Experiments, and Questionnaires in the field, in the laboratory, and online. A main feature of OGUMI is its capacity to capture real-time changes in human behaviour in response to a dynamically varying resource. OGUMI is simple (for example, likewise other existing software, it does ...