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INTRODUCTION: This study assessed student perceptions, preparation, and result use strategies of the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment (PCOA). Secondarily, it studied the effect of schools/colleges of pharmacy (S/COP) PCOA management on student perceptions. METHODS: A 52-item electronic questionnaire assessed PCOA preparation of final year students, review/use of results, remediation participation, self-reported motivation, and perceptions of the exam's ability to measure PCOA blueprint areas and North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination (NAPLEX)/advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) readiness. Programs were given a questionnaire to determine their PCOA practices. RESULTS: The student survey was completed by 341 students (40% response rate). Students prepared very little for the PCOA and few reported participation in PCOA-based remediation (6%). Students perceived the PCOA to measure the four domains moderately well, although administrative sciences were significantly lower. Students reported less confidence in the exam's ability to measure APPE/NAPLEX-readiness. Although few used the PCOA to guide their NAPLEX preparation (18%), they were more likely to do so than for APPEs (4%). Students reported a higher perceived increase in motivation if PCOA results were connected to APPE placement, remediation, and progression as opposed to prizes, rewards, or other recognitions. CONCLUSION: This is the first multi-institutional study to review student perceptions about the PCOA. These data can be used along with other PCOA data to help schools develop incentive, remediation, and examination administration procedures depending on the programs desired use for the PCOA exam.
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Avaliação Educacional/normas , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde/normas , Percepção , Estudantes de Farmácia/psicologia , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Currículo/normas , Currículo/estatística & dados numéricos , Currículo/tendências , Avaliação Educacional/métodos , Avaliação Educacional/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Motivação , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde/métodos , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudantes de Farmácia/estatística & dados numéricos , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
The question of whether outstanding leaders are born or made has been debated for years. There are numerous examples of historical figures that came naturally to leadership, while others developed their leadership skills through tenacity and experience. To understand leadership, both nature (the genetic component) and nurture (the environmental influences) must be considered. This article represents the work of two Academic Leadership Fellows Program groups who debated each position at the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Interim Meeting in Tampa, Fla., in February 2016.
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Interação Gene-Ambiente , Liderança , Bolsas de Estudo , Humanos , Faculdades de FarmáciaAssuntos
Assistência Centrada no Paciente/organização & administração , Assistência Farmacêutica/organização & administração , Farmacêuticos , Sociedades Farmacêuticas , Política de Saúde , Humanos , Conduta do Tratamento Medicamentoso/organização & administração , Assistência Centrada no Paciente/métodos , Pennsylvania , Papel ProfissionalRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To describe the method of incorporating an immunization certificate training program, such as the American Pharmacists Association's (APhA) Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery into a pharmacy curriculum. DESIGN: The program was delivered over 3 weeks in the spring semester of the third professional year (P3) as part of a required Pharmacy Care Lab sequence. ASSESSMENT: Student response surveys and faculty input were used to evaluate the placement of the program in the curriculum. CONCLUSION: Optional comments yielded more than 44% of students providing positive open-ended feedback regarding the course while almost 10% felt the course should not be mandated in the curriculum.