The University of Nicosia pharmacy programme has added a pioneering educational tool to its teaching and learning arsenal, namely, “Lab-in-a-Box”. This mobile science laboratory has allowed the programme to continue offering its vital laboratory courses, ensuring that the practical training of its aspiring pharmacists proceeds unhampered even during a pandemic.
This innovative distance learning method is endorsed by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), especially in emergency situations, such as pandemics, while it is particularly useful where there are physical limitations to students attending class in a laboratory. The method allows lab exercises to be performed outside the laboratory, including in a student’s home, provided this is practical and safe.
Students are connected to the lab via a distance learning platform, while the instructor conducts the experiment live in the laboratory. They are then called on to repeat what they have seen. There is constant audio-visual communication between the students and the instructor, to ensure they are properly guided through the process and so the instructor can oversee the course of the experiment.
Source: Cyprus Mail
