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August 15, 2026Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and LearningOpen Access

An interactive workshop for first year pharmacy students on caring for visually impaired patients: Development, implementation and evaluation

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HBHarriet Bennett-LenaneMBMarc BrickFEFatma El-Komy

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Educational evaluation reveals high satisfaction and increased communication confidence among first-year pharmacy students, suggesting interactive simulation enhances disability care training.

Key Points

  • To develop, implement, and evaluate an interactive workshop aimed at preparing first-year pharmacy students to provide individualized care to visually impaired patients.
  • Designed and delivered a two-hour interactive workshop combining didactic teaching, braille tasks, low-vision simulation glasses, patient videos, and counseling exercises for first-year pharmacy students.
  • Evaluated participant feedback through an online post-workshop questionnaire (N = 70/74, 94.6% response rate) analyzed with descriptive statistics and conventional content analysis.
  • All responding students reported overall satisfaction, with 60.0% (n = 42) extremely satisfied and 40.0% (n = 28) satisfied, noting the highest extreme satisfaction for simulation glasses (60.0%, n = 42).
  • Most participants agreed the workshop increased their communication confidence with visually impaired patients (97.2%, n = 68), 100% (n = 70) intended to apply the skills in future practice, and 98.6% (n = 69) supported broader disability training implementation.

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Bennett-Lenane et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8019a975c2e31742c85b70https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2026.102764
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