SWAD en los estudios de Farmacia

Zusammenfassung

This paper provides an overview of the use of the web based teaching platform SWAD (Spanish acronym meaning Web System to Support Teaching1) in studies of Pharmacy. Initiated its use in the degree taught at Granada at the beginning of the academic year 2004-2005, SWAD has not only become the most widely used web platform in the Faculty of Pharmacy, but also has put this centre on the top of University of Granada (UGR) faculties with highest use of SWAD in teaching. This paper is structured into two parts. The first part presents the figures (macro level) that demonstrate the possibilities of SWAD in Pharmacy studies, as exemplified in the title conducted at UGR. In particular, we present a quantitative study on the extent of use of SWAD at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Granada, both by teachers and students. Also, we show the trend of SWAD use in Pharmacy under the context of the map of degrees from the UGR, showing the rapid success achieved in Pharmacy. Finally, we include an evaluation of sites in SWAD of the subjects of Pharmacy according to the quality indicators established by the Regional Government of Andalusia. The second part of this paper outlines some of the features of SWAD assisting in teaching the new degrees of Pharmacy adapted to the EHEA: from the features to manage (sub)group structures within a subject-group dedicated to seminars, practice, tutorials, quick simple survey for students, etc., to the possibilities offered by the facility providing students� scores, which can be even used for delivering passwords for signing up the Pharmaceutical information system Portalfarma.