School of Pharmacy, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC 29325, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 May 13;77(4):82. doi: 10.5688/ajpe77482.
To assess the impact of using "grey literature" (information internally produced in print or electronic format by agencies such as hospitals, government, businesses, etc) rather than a textbook in a course on healthcare delivery systems on students' perception of the relevance of healthcare delivery system topics and their ability to identify credible sources of this information.
A reading from the grey literature was identified and assigned to the students for each topic in the course.
Pre- and post-course survey instruments were used for the assessment. Students reported healthcare delivery systems topics to be moderately relevant to the profession of pharmacy on both the pre- and post-course survey instruments. Students' knowledge of current and credible sources of information on healthcare delivery system topics significantly improved based on self-reports and scores on objective assessments (p<0.05).
Assignment of grey literature in a course on healthcare delivery systems can be used to ensure that information in the pharmacy school curriculum is the most current and credible information available.
评估在医疗保健提供系统课程中使用“灰色文献”（由医疗机构、政府、企业等内部以印刷或电子形式生成的信息）而不是教科书对学生对医疗保健提供系统主题的相关性的看法和识别这些信息的可信来源的能力的影响。
为课程中的每个主题确定并分配灰色文献的阅读材料给学生。
使用课前和课后调查工具进行评估。学生报告说，在课前和课后的调查工具上，医疗保健提供系统主题与药学专业的相关性适中。学生对当前和可信的医疗保健提供系统主题信息来源的了解根据自我报告和客观评估的分数显著提高（p<0.05）。
在医疗保健提供系统课程中分配灰色文献可以确保药学课程中的信息是最新和最可信的可用信息。
