Case Study: University of Florida College of Pharmacy achieves 19% proficiency gains and higher student self-study engagement with Qstream

Top Pharmacy School Uses Qstream Mobile App to Help Students Improve Self-Study

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy, a top-ranked program, piloted Qstream’s mobile microlearning to help first-year students master the “Top 200” cardiovascular drugs—a foundational but overwhelming portion of the curriculum that can’t be fully covered in class. Faculty sought a scalable, engaging way for students to self-study and retain drug names, classes, indications and calculations without using limited classroom time.

Dr. Karen Sando ran a voluntary six-week Qstream pilot (81% enrollment) that sent 15 scenario-based challenges to students’ phones every two days, with immediate feedback, scoring, team leaderboards and automatic retirement of items after two correct answers. The program produced statistically significant gains in 13 of 15 scenarios, a 19% overall proficiency increase, enthusiastic student responses, expansion into pharmacy calculations, and recognition for Dr. Sando’s teaching innovation.

University of Florida College of Pharmacy

Karen Sando

Clinical Assistant Professor