A guided interview process to improve student pharmacists' identification of drug therapy problems.
Am J Pharm Educ
; 75(1): 16, 2011 Feb 10.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21451770
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To measure agreement between advanced pharmacy practice experience students using a guided interview process and experienced clinical pharmacists using standard practices to identify drug therapy problems.METHODS:
Student pharmacists enrolled in an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) and clinical pharmacists conducted medication therapy management interviews to identify drug therapy problems in elderly patients recruited from the community. Student pharmacists used a guided interview tool, while clinical pharmacists' interviews were conducted using their usual and customary practices. Student pharmacists also were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the interview tool.RESULTS:
Fair to moderate agreement was observed on student and clinical pharmacists' identification of 4 of 7 drug therapy problems. Of those, agreement was significantly higher than chance for 3 drug therapy problems (adverse drug reaction, dosage too high, and needs additional drug therapy) and not significant for 1 (unnecessary drug therapy). Students strongly agreed that the interview tool was useful but agreed less strongly on recommending its use in practice.CONCLUSIONS:
The guided interview process served as a useful teaching aid to assist student pharmacists to identify drug therapy problems.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Pharmacy
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Interviews as Topic
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
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Education, Pharmacy
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Pharm Educ
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
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