Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Mar 12;76(2):27. doi: 10.5688/ajpe76227.
To incorporate cultural competency in a Pharmacy Skills and Application course series and assess the level of cultural competency in students who did and did not complete the courses.
The course series focused on cultural competency throughout the PharmD curriculum and included such activities as self-reflection, lecture, diversity service-learning, case studies, and discussion.
The Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals-Revised (IAPCC-R) was used to measure cultural competence in 2 cohorts: the last class preceding implementation of the new course series and the first class after its implementation. Overall scores between the 2 cohorts were not significantly different; however, 2 subscale scores were significantly higher among students who completed the course series: cultural skills (p = 0.021) and cultural encounters (p = 0.048).
The Pharmacy Skills and Application course series appears to improve some aspects of cultural competence in pharmacy students, but may not be sufficient to elicit change in all areas.
在药学技能与应用课程系列中融入文化能力，并评估完成和未完成课程的学生的文化能力水平。
课程系列贯穿整个药学博士课程，包括自我反思、讲座、多样性服务学习、案例研究和讨论等活动。
使用医疗保健专业人员文化能力评估工具修订版（IAPCC-R）来衡量两个队列的文化能力：在实施新课程系列之前的最后一个班级和实施之后的第一个班级。两个队列之间的总分没有显著差异；然而，完成课程系列的学生在两个子量表上的得分显著更高：文化技能（p=0.021）和文化体验（p=0.048）。
药学技能与应用课程系列似乎提高了药学学生某些方面的文化能力，但可能不足以在所有领域引起变化。
