Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Lubbock, Texas.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 Mar;87(2):ajpe8924. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8924. Epub 2022 Mar 18.
Pharmacy programs have struggled to predict who will be successful in their programs based solely on cognitive skills. The primary objective of this study was to determine which, if any, nonacademic factors are associated with on-time progression within the school of pharmacy curriculum. A survey was developed and offered to all Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy students in fall 2020. This survey included questions to collect demographic data and incorporated four validated questionnaires: the Grit-Grid, the Academic Pharmacy Resilience Scale (APRS-16), the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS), and the Turkish Time Management Questionnaire (TTMQ). Completed surveys were submitted by 213 students out of 569 (37.4% response rate). On-time progression rate was calculated separately for each class. Through binary logistic regression, we found that on-time progression was significantly associated with prepharmacy grade point average >3.20, high school Grit-Grid score >0.9, APRS-16 score >35, and CPSS score >34. Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) composite scores and admissions committee rubric scores were not associated with on-time progression. Based on the results of this study, it may be reasonable to implement the Grit-Grid, APRS-16, and the CPSS in the admissions process to help determine the most appropriate candidates for our program or use them as screening tools for incoming students to identify who may be at academic risk. However, these factors need to be validated in pharmacy programs in other private and public universities before widespread adoption can be condoned.
药学专业课程的项目负责人一直在努力寻找一种方法，仅通过认知技能预测哪些学生能够顺利完成学业。本研究的主要目的是确定哪些非学术因素与药学课程按时完成进度有关。我们开发了一份调查问卷，并于 2020 年秋季向德克萨斯理工大学健康科学中心的杰瑞·H·霍奇药学专业的所有学生发放。该调查问卷包括收集人口统计学数据的问题，并纳入了四个经过验证的问卷：毅力网格、学术药学韧性量表（APRS-16）、科恩感知压力量表（CPSS）和土耳其时间管理问卷（TTMQ）。共有 213 名学生提交了完成的调查问卷，占总人数的 37.4%。我们分别计算了每个班级的按时完成进度的比例。通过二项逻辑回归，我们发现按时完成进度与预科平均绩点>3.20、高中毅力网格分数>0.9、APRS-16 分数>35 和 CPSS 分数>34 显著相关。药学专业入学考试（PCAT）综合成绩和招生委员会评分标准与按时完成进度无关。基于这项研究的结果，在招生过程中实施毅力网格、APRS-16 和 CPSS 可能是合理的，以帮助确定我们项目最合适的候选人，或者将其作为入学新生的筛选工具，以确定哪些学生可能存在学业风险。然而，在其他私立和公立大学的药学项目中，这些因素需要得到验证，然后才能被广泛采用。
