Cernasev Alina, Desai Meghana, Jonkman Lauren J, Connor Sharon E, Ware Nicholas, Sekar M Chandra, Schommer Jon C
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 301 S. Perimeter Park Dr., Suite 220, Nashville, TN 37211, USA.
Health Analytics Network, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Sep 30;9(4):159. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9040159.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused innumerable changes to all aspects of human life and behavior, including academic life. This study describes the development of a COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (COVKAP) Survey among U.S. student pharmacists. The survey was administered at Doctor of Pharmacy programs in three states-Tennessee, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The COVKAP survey-an online cross-sectional survey-was distributed to U.S. student pharmacists enrolled in three different colleges of pharmacy in three states during the fall semester of 2020. The survey was developed using literature review and Dillman's recommendations for survey design. The COVKAP survey consisted of 23 closed and Likert-scale questions, and three open-ended questions. The research team conducted descriptive and inductive thematic analyses on the quantitative and qualitative data, respectively using SPSS (v27) and Dedoose software.
A total of 421 responses were received. Respondents were predominantly female (72%) and White (79%). The average age of respondents was 23.4 years. The qualitative analysis revealed three themes: (1) Wellbeing and mental health struggles; (2) Being part of the decision-making process; (3) Necessity of adequate protection measures.
Preliminary study findings indicate that student pharmacists' concerns and the challenges that they face in their academic pursuits are largely similar across the three states in this study and inform about the importance of recognizing and mitigating the impact of widespread disruption in education. This disruption provides an opportunity for pharmacy academia to examine practices and methods that can be improved upon to help students become successful practitioners.
新冠疫情给人类生活和行为的方方面面带来了无数变化，包括学术生活。本研究描述了美国学生药剂师新冠知识、态度与行为（COVKAP）调查的开展情况。该调查在田纳西州、俄亥俄州和宾夕法尼亚州的三所药学院的药学博士项目中进行。
COVKAP调查是一项在线横断面调查，于2020年秋季学期分发给在三个州三所不同药学院就读的美国学生药剂师。该调查是根据文献综述和迪尔曼的调查设计建议编制的。COVKAP调查包括23个封闭式李克特量表问题和3个开放式问题。研究团队分别使用SPSS（v27）和Dedoose软件对定量和定性数据进行了描述性和归纳性主题分析。
共收到421份回复。受访者以女性（72%）和白人（79%）为主。受访者的平均年龄为23.4岁。定性分析揭示了三个主题：（1）幸福感和心理健康问题；（2）参与决策过程；（3）采取充分保护措施的必要性。
初步研究结果表明，在本研究的三个州，学生药剂师在学业追求中所关注的问题和面临的挑战大致相似，这说明了认识和减轻教育广泛中断影响的重要性。这种中断为药学学术界提供了一个机会，来审视可以改进的实践和方法，以帮助学生成为成功的从业者。
