Evaluation of student perceptions of introductory pharmacy practice experiences
Perception; Experiential training; Introductory pharmacy practice experiences
Introduction Introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs) are focused on sharpening the student's knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes related to becoming an effective member of the healthcare team. Currently, the literature on student pharmacists' perceptions focused only on advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs). This study gathered perceptions of IPPEs from pharmacy students in their first through third year professional years. Results Sixty-six students completed the pre- and post- surveys with matching, identifiable data for analysis. Twenty-nine items demonstrated a more negative perception of IPPEs between the pre- and post-surveys (p < 0.05). Eight items demonstrated a difference by institution (p < 0.05), while three items demonstrated a difference between professional years (p < 0.05). Conclusions Student expectations of IPPEs were significantly less positive in the pre-survey than in the post-survey. Future studies should examine the implications of these results on student IPPE performance and methods to impact student perception of the value of IPPE training. @@@@Highlights •Decrease in favorable student perceptions may be related to lack of well-defined student expectations or variability in preceptor training.•It is unknown how student perceptions correlated with IPPE site and preceptor evaluations.•Creating meaningful IPPE experiences and providing clear expectations for students is imperative.
Boyle Jaclyn A; Jenkins Zachary N; Franz Thaddeus T; Cather Charles W; Deitschmann Nicole K; Harper Nicole G; Dittmer Alison; Hartline Christy
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.01.029" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.cptl.2020.01.029</a>
Effects of pharmacy interventions at transitions of care on patient outcomes.
discharge medication reconciliation; length of stay; medication adherence; medication errors; pharmacists; readmissions
PURPOSE: An interdisciplinary group developed a care transitions process with a prominent pharmacist role. METHODS: The new transitions process was initiated on a 32-bed medical/surgical unit. Demographics, reconciliation data, information on medication adherence barriers, medication recommendations, and time spent performing interventions were prospectively collected for 284 consecutive patients over 54 days after the pharmacy participation was completely implemented. Outcome data, including 30-day readmission rates and length of stay, were retrospectively collected. RESULTS: When comparing metrics for all intervention patients to baseline metrics from the same months of the previous year, the readmission rate was decreased from 21.0% to 15.3% and mean length of stay decreased from 5.3 days to 4.4 days. Further improvement to a 10.2% readmission rate and a 3.6-day average length of stay were observed in the subgroup of intervention patients who received all components of the pharmacy intervention. Additionally, greater improvements were observed in intervention-period patients who received the full pharmacy intervention, as compared to those receiving only parts of the pharmacy intervention, with a 10.2-percentage-point lower readmission rate (10.2% vs 20.4%, P = 0.016) and a 1.7-day shorter length of stay (3.6 days vs. 5.3 days; 95% confidence interval, 0.814-2.68 days; P = 0.0003). For patients receiving any component of the pharmacy intervention, an average of 9.56 medication recommendations were made, with a mean of 0.89 change per patient deemed to be required to avoid harm and/or increased length of stay. CONCLUSION: A comprehensive pharmacy intervention added to a transitions intervention resulted in an average of nearly 10 medication recommendations per patient, improved length of stay, and reduced readmission rates.
Fosnight S; King Philip; Ewald Jacqueline; Feucht John; Lamtman Angela; Kropp D; Dittmer Alison; Sampson Jordan; Shah Morali
American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
2020
2020-05-06
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaa081" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1093/ajhp/zxaa081</a>