Authors : Jessel Grace Del Rosario; Rezelle Marhey Dohinog; Maxine Monina Dumagan; Estela Marie Lamata; Euwan Miguel Manunod; Aubrey Margarette Rabongue; Khate Sumbiling; Jessa Joyce Vidoy; Dr. Erwin Faller

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24JUN1404

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Abstract : MyDispense, an online virtual dispensing simulator, has been widely used by pharmacy students worldwide and was critical to the pharmacy undergraduate practice when the pandemic impacted standard medical education and training methods. Since the simulation does not accurately represent the pharmacy practice in the Philippines, this study aims to develop a Filipinized version of MyDispense® and assess its impact on students' knowledge gained, perception, competency skills, and confidence in drug dispensing, pre-intervention, and post-intervention. This study adopted a pretest-posttest randomized experimental research design with stratified random sampling and gathered eighty (80) second-year and third-year pharmacy undergraduates from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, who were then randomly assigned to one of two groups: control or experimental. The control group answered the English MyDispense questionnaire to serve as the basis to be compared to the experimental group, which answered the Pretest and Posttest questionnaires before and after performing the Filipinized MyDispense cases. Furthermore, based on the statistical analysis of the mean and significant difference of the variables, the Filipinized MyDispense showed an increase in all aspects of performance (knowledge gained, perception, competency skills, confidence in drug dispensing). Despite the increase, however, only the perception and confidence in dispensing are deemed statistically significant. Thus, the hypothesis that the Filipinized Mydispense is more effective in comparison to the Standard MyDispense is only valid based on the respondents' perception and confidence in drug dispensing.

Keywords : My Dispense, Filipinized My Dispense, Localization, Pharmacy Simulation, Philippine Community Pharmacy Practice.

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