TY - JOUR ID - 48030 TI - Startup-Based Learning as an Innovative Method for Pharmacy Education: Medicinal Plants Course Model JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Amiri-Ardekani, Ehsan AU - Keshavarzi, Mohammad Hasan AU - Faghihi, Seyed Aliakbar AU - Badr, Parmis AU - Zarshenas, Mohammad Mehdi AU - Abolhassanzadeh, Zohreh AU - Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali AD - Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Clinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Medical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 47 IS - 3 SP - 264 EP - 271 KW - Models KW - Educational KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Pharmacy KW - education DO - 10.30476/ijms.2021.89794.2075 N2 - Background: Familiarizing students with knowledge-based businesses is one of the goals emphasized in the developed educational systems worldwide. This study aimed to design a startup-based learning model )SBL(.Methods: As a qualitative research study, startup teams were formed by the pharmacy students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2020. This model was used to train 120 students as pharmaceutical entrepreneurs through related lectures, simulations, and field activities. We employed this model for students to become familiar with the various stages of examining market needs, knowledge-based company registration, intellectual property, logo design, and even pharmaceutical product development. Students’ feedback was assessed with a questionnaire designed by the team of researchers, and its results were used to analyze the course and improve the quality of the proposed model. Results: Most of the studied indices revealed that the students rated this model as good or excellent. Satisfaction with more important indices includes student creativity and ideation in educational activity (60.7%), attractive presentation (60.4%), teamwork among learners (62.2%), appropriateness of evaluation method (65.4%), understanding how to make herbal remedies (49.1%), learner participation in the educational activity (74.8%), entrepreneurial motivation (60.7%), and applicability (64.4%).Conclusion: We found this model effective in boosting students’ satisfaction, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit. Lecturers also play a facilitator role in addition to specialized training. Therefore, in this model, both lecturers and students can grow more and make education more attractive. This study, for the first time, demonstrated that SBL could be applied in education systems and make the students more interested in educational content and help them to prepare for the job market. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_48030.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_48030_71573b1419f69794fe5c21d8b41f0045.pdf ER -