A case-based learning exercise to increase students' understanding of the pharmacist's role in public health interventions for individual patients.

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning
Melanie A DoddDennis W Raisch

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a public health (PH) micro-level case-based learning exercise increased pharmacy students' self-perceived understanding and confidence in their role as PH pharmacists. Three PH micro-level case-based learning exercises in community pharmacy settings were developed and integrated into the third professional year PH course. Students enrolled in the PH course from January 2012 - May 2015 completed a pre- and post-activity survey consisting of 22 statements with Likert scale responses. Survey questions were grouped into domains: perceptions of pharmacist roles (ROLES) in PH, confidence in ability to identify and address PH problems (CONF), pharmacist impact on improving PH outcomes for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (IMPACT-HIV), diabetes (IMPACT-DM), or alcoholism (IMPACT-AL), perceiving pharmacists as role models in PH (MODEL), and whether PH is beyond the scope of pharmacy practice (SCOPE). Within each domain, paired t-tests were performed on summated scores (pre- vs. post-, alpha = 0.05). Both surveys were completed by 271 of 336 students (80.7%). Baseline scores were lowest in the CONF and MODEL domains. The activity resulted in significant changes in 21 out of 24 s...Continue Reading

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