Queen's University Belfast School of Pharmacy, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom.
Queen's University Belfast Management School, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5EE, United Kingdom.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021 May;13(5):512-519. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2021.01.006. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
In addition to advising about diets, nutritional deficiencies, and supplements, pharmacists should be confident discussing medicine-related issues that may arise from people adopting veganism, including checking about animal-derived pharmaceutical product excipients, formulation processes, and determining whether vegan-friendly alternatives exist. Thus, this study aimed to investigate pharmacy students' knowledge and views about veganism.
Given veganism's increasing popularity and relevance to pharmacy practice, students enrolled in their last year of the undergraduate master of pharmacy degree program at Queen's University Belfast participated in this voluntary study. The questionnaire was given out at an obligatory workshop (only non-identifiable data were requested). Students were scored on veganism knowledge (22 true/false statements) with other analysis about views being largely descriptive in nature.
Ninety-two out of 101 (91.1%) completed the questionnaire. Only one reporting being vegan. Mean knowledge score (possible range of 0-22) was 16.59 (±2.43). Only 37% (34/92) reported feeling confident discussing veganism with patients or other healthcare professionals and 40.2% (37/92) deemed they could establish whether a medical product is vegan-friendly. A minority (4.3%) considered they had received adequate training on veganism. A greater proportion of males than females considered that vegans are too forceful with their beliefs (74.2% vs. 51.7%).
This study presents the first description of pharmacy students' knowledge and opinions on veganism (from a single institution only). The reported gap in educational provision and lack of confidence needs to be investigated and addressed to enhance patient-centered care.
除了建议饮食、营养缺乏和补充剂外，药剂师还应该有信心讨论人们采用素食主义可能出现的与药物相关的问题，包括检查动物源性药物产品赋形剂、制剂工艺，并确定是否存在适合素食主义者的替代品。因此，本研究旨在调查药学专业学生对素食主义的了解和看法。
鉴于素食主义日益普及，与药学实践相关，贝尔法斯特女王大学药学专业最后一年的学生参加了这项自愿研究。在一个必修研讨会上发放了问卷（只要求非识别数据）。学生根据素食主义知识（22 个是非题）进行评分，其他观点分析主要是描述性的。
92 名学生中有 101 名（91.1%）完成了问卷。只有 1 人报告是素食主义者。平均知识得分（可能范围为 0-22）为 16.59（±2.43）。只有 37%（34/92）的人报告说有信心与患者或其他医疗保健专业人员讨论素食主义，40.2%（37/92）的人认为他们可以确定一种医疗产品是否适合素食主义者。少数（4.3%）人认为他们接受过素食主义方面的充分培训。与女性相比，更多的男性认为素食主义者过于坚定自己的信仰（74.2%比 51.7%）。
本研究首次描述了药学专业学生对素食主义的知识和观点（仅来自一个机构）。需要调查和解决教育提供方面的差距以及缺乏信心的问题，以加强以患者为中心的护理。
