Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Omaha, Nebraska
Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2021 Aug;85(7):8515. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8515. Epub 2021 Apr 16.
To determine pharmacy students' perspectives regarding opioid use, the opioid crisis, and pharmacy education related to both topics. Students from each professional year at eight participating schools and colleges of pharmacy were invited to participate in focus groups and answer questions about their experiences with the opioid crisis. Faculty and/or staff moderated the focus groups and audio-recorded responses. Recordings were deidentified, transcribed, and analyzed. One hundred fifty students participated in one of 29 focus groups conducted. Responses were categorized according to themes using consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology. Sources impacting student views on the crisis included school, personal and work experience, and media. Perspective changes since starting school included increased knowledge and awareness and decreased bias/stigma. Conducting focus groups on the opioid crisis provided pharmacy schools with information on what student pharmacists are learning about the crisis, practices they see, and their recommendations to address the crisis. Pharmacy schools can better prepare students to combat the opioid crisis by providing them with training in opioid counseling, use of naloxone, and how to have difficult conversations with patients.
为了确定药学专业学生对阿片类药物使用、阿片类药物危机以及与这两个主题相关的药学教育的看法。邀请了来自八所参与学校和药学院的每个专业年级的学生参加焦点小组，并回答有关他们在阿片类药物危机中的经历的问题。教师和/或工作人员主持焦点小组并录制回答。录音被去识别、转录和分析。150 名学生参加了 29 个焦点小组中的一个。使用共识定性研究（CQR）方法根据主题对回答进行分类。影响学生对危机看法的来源包括学校、个人和工作经验以及媒体。自入学以来观点的变化包括增加了知识和意识，减少了偏见/耻辱感。就阿片类药物危机开展焦点小组为药学院提供了有关药剂师学生对危机的了解、他们所看到的做法以及他们对解决危机的建议的信息。通过为学生提供阿片类药物咨询、纳洛酮使用以及如何与患者进行艰难对话方面的培训，药学学校可以更好地为学生做好应对阿片类药物危机的准备。
