A pharmacy elective course on creative thinking, innovation, and TED talks

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Abstract

Objective. To implement and assess an elective course designed to enhance student creative thinking and presentation skills. Design. A two-credit elective course was developed that incorporated creative-thinking exercises, article discussions pertaining to creativity, TED Talk (TED Conferences, New York, NY) analyses, and presentation design and delivery exercises. Assessment. Assessment instruments included pre- and post-course Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). A scoring rubric was developed and used to evaluate a final mock TED Talk presented to faculty and students. Course evaluations were also used to assess student experiences in the course. Students’ TTCT verbal creativity scores increased significantly (p<0.05) during the course and their mock TED Talk mean scores (135±6.4) out of 150 were rated highly. Conclusion. The outcomes from this elective course confirmed that pharmacy students could develop and present an original “idea worth sharing” using the TED Talk format.

Original languageEnglish
Article number170
JournalAmerican Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
Volume80
Issue number10
StatePublished - 2016

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Communication
  • Creativity
  • Innovation
  • TED talks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmacy

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