Mansell Kerry, Mansell Holly, Neubeker Wendell, Drake Haley
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E5 Canada.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2017 May;9(3):376-382. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2017.02.003. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
To determine the amount of diabetes content taught at Canadian schools of pharmacy, and students' perceptions of diabetes education.
Between September 23 and October 23, 2015, faculty members at each pharmacy school were asked to provide the amount of didactic, interactive, and elective hours devoted to diabetes education. These faculty members subsequently emailed an electronic web-survey to all fourth year pharmacy students to ascertain their perceptions of the amount of diabetes-related material they received and comfort level pertaining to diabetes education.
Representatives from each pharmacy school (10/10; 100%) reported the amount of diabetes education provided at their schools (range of 18-43.5hours; mean 25.3hours). Student responses were obtained from 90% (9/10) of pharmacy schools; a total of 313/1216 (25.7%) students completed the questionnaire. The majority of pharmacy students (53.2%; 166/313) reported feeling the overall amount of diabetes content in their curriculum was just right while 46.2% (144/313) felt there was too little. 95.6% (299/313) disagreed diabetes received too much attention in the curriculum. A post-hoc analysis revealed that students who attended schools with more contact hours or a diabetes-specific elective felt more comfortable with dealing with certain diabetes patients and situations.
Pharmacy schools vary in the amount of diabetes content taught in their curriculum. Students were split between feeling they received enough diabetes education or too little; students who received more content reported greater comfort in dealing with most diabetes patients and situations. This information is useful for pharmacy schools looking to evaluate their curricular diabetes content.
确定加拿大药学院校教授的糖尿病相关内容的数量，以及学生对糖尿病教育的看法。
2015年9月23日至10月23日期间，要求各药学院校的教员提供用于糖尿病教育的理论、互动和选修课时数。这些教员随后通过电子邮件向所有四年级药学专业学生发送了一份电子网络调查问卷，以了解他们对所接受的糖尿病相关材料数量的看法以及对糖尿病教育的舒适度。
各药学院校的代表（10/10；100%）报告了本校提供的糖尿病教育课时数（范围为18 - 43.5小时；平均25.3小时）。从90%（9/10）的药学院校获得了学生的回复；共有313/1216（25.7%）名学生完成了问卷。大多数药学专业学生（53.2%；166/313）表示，他们认为课程中糖尿病相关内容的总量恰到好处，而46.2%（144/313）的学生认为太少。95.6%（299/313）的学生不同意糖尿病在课程中受到了过多关注。事后分析显示，参加接触时间更多的学校或有糖尿病特定选修课的学生在应对某些糖尿病患者和情况时感觉更自在。
药学院校课程中教授的糖尿病相关内容数量各不相同。学生们对于自己接受的糖尿病教育是足够还是太少存在分歧；接受更多相关内容的学生在应对大多数糖尿病患者和情况时表示更自在。这些信息对于希望评估其课程中糖尿病相关内容的药学院校很有用。
