Sierra Caroline M, Adams Jennifer
Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, Virginia.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2017 Feb 25;81(1):3. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8113.
The objective of this study was to determine the influence of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholars Program on mentees' attitudes towards and decision to pursue a career in academia. Upon completion of the AACP Walmart Scholars Program, wherein mentor-mentee pairs attend the AACP Annual Meeting to learn about academic pharmacy careers, mentees wrote essays evaluating the program. Their views on academic pharmacy careers were analyzed for themes in the evaluations. Of the mentees who addressed the impact of the program on their perspectives on a career in academic pharmacy, over half stated the program positively influenced pursuit of such a career. This reinforces the importance of mentorship for those interested in or new to academic pharmacy.
本研究的目的是确定美国药学院协会(AACP)沃尔玛学者项目对学员从事学术职业的态度和决定的影响。在完成AACP沃尔玛学者项目后,导师-学员结对参加AACP年会以了解学术药学职业,学员撰写了评估该项目的文章。分析了他们在评估中对学术药学职业的看法以找出其中的主题。在阐述该项目对其学术药学职业观影响的学员中,超过半数表示该项目对从事此类职业有积极影响。这强化了指导对于那些对学术药学感兴趣或刚接触学术药学的人的重要性。