Effectiveness of blended learning in pharmacy education: An experimental study using clinical research modules

Athira Balakrishnan; Sreedharan Nair; Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta; Muhammed Rashid; M. K. Unnikrishnan; P. S. Jagannatha; Viji P. Chandran; Kanav Khera; Girish Thunga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256814

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Effectiveness of blended learning in pharmacy education: An experimental study using clinical research modules

Athira Balakrishnan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Sreedharan Nair,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Muhammed Rashid,

Roles Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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M. K. Unnikrishnan,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy Practice, National College of Pharmacy, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, NGSM institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, NITTE University, Manglore, Karnataka, India
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P. S. Jagannatha,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Statistician, Bangalore, India
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Viji P. Chandran,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Kanav Khera,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Girish Thunga

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision

* E-mail: girish.thunga@manipal.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-969X

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Effectiveness of blended learning in pharmacy education: An experimental study using clinical research modules

Athira Balakrishnan,
Sreedharan Nair,
Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta,
Muhammed Rashid,
M. K. Unnikrishnan,
P. S. Jagannatha,
Viji P. Chandran,
Kanav Khera,
Girish Thunga

Published: September 1, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256814

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