Hartman Rhea, Blustein Leona, Morel Diane, Davis Lisa
University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2014 Aug 15;78(6):126. doi: 10.5688/ajpe786126.
To design and implement 2 pharmaceutical industry elective courses and assess their impact on students' selection of advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) and pursuit of pharmaceutical industry fellowships.
Two 2-credit-hour elective courses that explored careers within the prescription and nonprescription pharmaceutical drug industries were offered for second- and third-year pharmacy students in a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.
The impact of the courses on pharmacy students' pursuit of a pharmaceutical industry fellowship was evaluated based on responses to annual graduating students' exit surveys. A greater percentage (17.9%) of students who had taken a pharmaceutical industry elective course pursued a pharmaceutical industry fellowship compared to all PharmD graduates (4.8%). Of the students who enrolled in pharmaceutical industry APPEs, 31% had taken 1 of the 2 elective courses.
Exposure to a pharmaceutical industry elective course within a college or school of pharmacy curriculum may increase students' interest in pursuing pharmaceutical industry fellowships and enrolling in pharmaceutical industry APPEs.
设计并实施两门制药行业选修课程,并评估其对学生选择高级药学实践经验(APPEs)以及申请制药行业奖学金的影响。
为药学博士(PharmD)学位项目的大二和大三学生提供两门2学分的选修课程,探讨处方药和非处方药行业的职业发展。
根据对应届毕业生年度离校调查的回复,评估了这些课程对药学专业学生申请制药行业奖学金的影响。与所有药学博士毕业生(4.8%)相比,参加过制药行业选修课程的学生中有更大比例(17.9%)申请了制药行业奖学金。在参加制药行业APPEs的学生中,31%修过这两门选修课程中的一门。
在药学院课程中设置制药行业选修课程,可能会增加学生申请制药行业奖学金以及参加制药行业APPEs的兴趣。