Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 May;87(5):100014. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.02.006. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
We aim to describe the development of a pharmacy student workgroup as an experiential education model to provide social and administrative pharmacy research opportunities and provide a toolkit for faculty seeking to increase student research engagement via this model.
Three pharmacy faculty with diverse training backgrounds but a common interest in opioid medications established a workgroup named the Opioid Research Workgroup. The workgroup consisted of first-year pharmacy students, research interns, and advanced graduate trainees. A hierarchical leadership model of supervision was implemented, whereby students reported progress on research tasks directly to an advanced graduate trainee leading a project team. To understand students' perspectives on the research experience and educational outcomes, students were asked to complete an anonymous voluntary survey after a year of participation.
Since its establishment, the workgroup has published multiple conference abstracts, manuscripts, and grants. Students' overall satisfaction with the Workgroup on a scale of 1-5, 5 being very high, was 4.69. The successful scalability and longevity of this model are dependent on administrative support that protects faculty resources. The toolkit provided offers resources for those interested in adapting this model.
Our experience with the pragmatic model of pharmacy student engagement in research proved successful in terms of research output and student training experience. Although the model can be applied across a variety of health science clinical and research topics, and faculty can leverage this approach to increase productivity in research output, faculty must ensure that resources are available to support this effort.
本研究旨在描述一个药学学生工作组的发展历程，该工作组是一种体验式教育模式，旨在为社会和行政药学研究提供机会，并为希望通过这种模式增加学生研究参与度的教师提供一个工具包。
三位具有不同培训背景但对阿片类药物共同感兴趣的药学教师成立了一个名为阿片类药物研究工作组的工作组。该工作组由一年级药学学生、研究实习生和高级研究生组成。实施了分层领导监督模式，即学生直接向领导项目团队的高级研究生报告研究任务的进展情况。为了了解学生对研究经验和教育成果的看法，学生在参与一年后被要求完成一份匿名自愿调查。
自成立以来，工作组已经发表了多篇会议摘要、手稿和资助。学生对工作组的总体满意度（1-5 分制，5 分为非常满意）为 4.69。该模型的成功可扩展性和持久性取决于行政支持，以保护教师资源。提供的工具包为那些有兴趣采用这种模式的人提供了资源。
我们在药学学生参与研究的实用模式方面的经验在研究产出和学生培训经验方面取得了成功。虽然该模型可以应用于各种健康科学临床和研究课题，教师可以利用这种方法提高研究产出的效率，但教师必须确保有资源支持这项工作。
