Curriculum & Technology

Technology is at the forefront of modern higher education technology. Accordingly, the Touro College of Pharmacy, incorporates the use of technology in order to enhance learning. Through the use of technology both in and out of the classroom, students broaden the ways they learn using tools that they probably are already familiar with. In class, faculty members use a variety of technology-aided strategies to engage students, Web-based activities help reinforce students’ grasp of material presented in class and complete certain work when and where it is convenient for them. All major exams are computer-based and administered via students’ laptop computers.

Educational Technology at Touro College of Pharmacy

All facilities utilized by the College have wireless access to the Internet. Each of the College’s lecture halls provide AC outlets at each seat so students are able to use their technology without concern for dying batteries. Smart podiums provide faculty access to a touch-screen podium top, the ability to adjust lighting, raise and lower the projection screen, adjust microphone volume, and display videos and PowerPoint slides. All of the College’s lectures are video-captured.

Additional educational technology utilized by the College includes Canvas, a learning management system. All didactic classes make use of Canvas for posting syllabi, lecture and other handouts, assignments, communication with the class, and other capabilities. Exams are administered utilizing ExamSoft. CORE ELMS provides availability of manuals, syllabi, and other student-oriented materials for IPPEs and APPEs. CORE ELMS also allows for the electronic collection of preceptor assessments of students. Students have access to Box to collaborate and share files. For Co-Curricular programming, tracking and analysis, the College uses CampusGroups. Students use Campus Groups for recording Co- Curriculum requirements and creating and updating their Developmental Portfolios. CampusGroups allows students to send a Co-Curriculum Transcript to potential employers, which will help them stand out among their peers when applying for jobs in a competitive market. For textbook material, students have free access to McGraw-Hill’s AccessPharmacy, APhA’s PharmacyLibrary, Elsevier’s ClinicalKey, Ovid for Pharmacy, and Wolters Kluwer’s (Lippincott) Health Library. Students also have full access to tertiary drug information sources such as Lexicomp (Wolters Kluwer’s) and Micromedex Solutions (Truven Health). These resources cover nearly every required and recommended textbook.

TCOP Information Technology Office

The College’s IT office is located the eighth floor of 3 Times Square. The College has excellent information technology support and employs 2.0 FTE information technologists dedicated to the college—a Senior Information Technology System Administrator and an IT System Administrator.

Touro University Computer Centers

Touro University Computer Centers provide computer laboratory facilities to support a variety of course offerings. Computer laboratories are available to graduate students at the following locations: 

• Cross River (Main) Campus  
  3 Times Square, 4th Floor
  New York, NY 10036

• Lander College for Women

  225 W 60th Street

  New York, NY 10023 

• Lander College of Arts and Sciences

  1602 Avenue J

  Brooklyn, NY 11230

• SLE/Machon L’Parnasa Location

  2002 Avenue J

  Brooklyn, NY 11230

• Computer Center

  1726 Kings Highway

  Brooklyn, NY 11229

• Professional Center

  902 Quentin Road

  Brooklyn, NY 11223

• NYSCAS Neptune Avenue Location

  360 Neptune Avenue

  Brooklyn, NY 11235

• NYSCAS Spring Creek Location

  1344 Pennsylvania Avenue

  Brooklyn, NY 11239

• Lander College for Men

  75-31 150th Street

  Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367

• Forest Hills Location

  71-02 113th Street

  Forest Hills, NY 11375

For more information regarding specific lab schedules and locations, contact the Main Campus computer lab (3 Times Square, Manhattan) at (212) 463-0400, ext. 55240.