Use of a three-dimensional virtual environment to teach drug-receptor interactions

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Richardson, Alan ^a   Bracegirdle, Luke ^a   McLachlan, Sarah I H ^a   Chapman, Stephen R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dimensional; Drug receptor interactions; Pharmacology; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DRUG; LIGAND; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

3-DIMENSIONAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRTUAL REALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

3-DIMENSIONAL; DRUG-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS; PHARMACOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TEACHING;

EID: 84881625016     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe77111     Document Type: Article

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