Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2011 Aug 10;75(6):115. doi: 10.5688/ajpe756115.
To describe the design, delivery, and impact of a geriatric introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) to develop students' skills related to consultant pharmacists' roles and patient care responsibilities.
A required 2-unit geriatric IPPE, involving 40 hours in a geriatric-care facility, 5 reflection hours, and 12 classroom-discussion hours, was developed for first- and second-year pharmacy students. Students interviewed patients and caregivers, reviewed patient charts, triaged patient needs, prepared care plans, and performed quality-assurance functions.
After completing the IPPE, students' geriatric- and patient-care abilities were enhanced, based on review of their interactions, care plans, reflections, and examinations, and they demonstrated cognitive, affective, and psychomotor-domain learning skills. Students' care plans and quality assurance activities revealed positive patient outcomes, opportunities for measurable patient health improvement, and a positive impact on quality assurance activities. Student evaluations and feedback from health workers at the facilities also were positive.
This geriatric IPPE in which students cared for a specific patient and interacted with other health care providers is an innovative approach to enhancing students' abilities to serve the growing geriatric population.
描述老年学入门药学实践经验（IPPE）的设计、实施和影响，以培养学生与顾问药剂师角色和患者护理责任相关的技能。
为一年级和二年级药学学生设计了一门必修的 2 个单元的老年学 IPPE，包括在老年护理机构的 40 小时、5 小时的反思时间和 12 小时的课堂讨论时间。学生对患者和护理人员进行了访谈，查阅了患者病历，对患者需求进行了分类，制定了护理计划，并进行了质量保证工作。
通过对学生的互动、护理计划、反思和考试进行审查，学生在完成 IPPE 后，其老年病学和患者护理能力得到了提高，他们表现出认知、情感和运动技能领域的学习技能。学生的护理计划和质量保证活动显示出积极的患者结果、可衡量的患者健康改善机会以及对质量保证活动的积极影响。来自设施的卫生工作者的学生评估和反馈也很积极。
这种让学生照顾特定患者并与其他医疗保健提供者互动的老年学 IPPE 是一种增强学生为不断增长的老年人口服务能力的创新方法。
