Alrasheed Marwan, Alsuhibani Abdulrahman, Alotaibi Wadha, Gari Musaab, Alashgar Amin, Doherty Michael, Boone Jill, Almangour Thamer A, Hincapie Ana
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2024 May 21;11:1394652. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1394652. eCollection 2024.
Interprofessional education (IPE) is essential in pharmacy training, providing students with vital collaborative skills for real-world healthcare. Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is integral to IPE, allowing students to apply their knowledge in diverse healthcare settings. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare education and raised concerns about its impact on IPE during APPE rotations. Our study investigates the pandemic's influence on pharmacy students' interprofessional interactions and APPE performance.
To assess the interprofessional experiences of fourth-year pharmacy students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of APPE.
This retrospective observational study examined the experiences of P4 pharmacy students in the United States during APPEs before and during the pandemic. We employed electronic surveys with 21 questions to gauge interactions and interprofessional team effectiveness, employing Likert scale response options. We compared responses between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 APPE rotations using statistical tests.
Our study encompassed 83 and 86 students for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 APPE rotations, respectively, achieving a 100% response rate. Amid the pandemic, written communications between pharmacy students and healthcare providers in general medicine rotations increased, while in-person engagement decreased. Pre-COVID, students reported higher colleague referrals and greater interprofessional utilization during ambulatory care rotations.
COVID-19 shifted interactions from in-person to written communication between pharmacy students and healthcare providers. Students reported decreased satisfaction with their interprofessional experiences. This research offers insights into the changing landscape of pharmacy education, helping students prepare for evolving challenges in healthcare delivery and education.
跨专业教育（IPE）在药学培训中至关重要，它为学生提供在现实医疗保健中至关重要的协作技能。高级药学实践经验（APPE）是IPE不可或缺的一部分，使学生能够在不同的医疗保健环境中应用他们的知识。COVID-19大流行扰乱了医疗保健教育，并引发了对其在APPE轮转期间对IPE影响的担忧。我们的研究调查了大流行对药学专业学生跨专业互动和APPE表现的影响。
评估在APPE背景下，COVID-19大流行之前和期间四年级药学专业学生的跨专业经历。
这项回顾性观察研究考察了美国药学专业四年级学生在大流行之前和期间APPE期间的经历。我们采用了包含21个问题的电子调查问卷，以衡量互动情况和跨专业团队的有效性，采用李克特量表回答选项。我们使用统计测试比较了2019 - 2020年和2020 - 2021年APPE轮转期间的回答。
我们的研究分别涵盖了2019 - 2020年和2020 - 2021年APPE轮转的83名和86名学生，回复率达到100%。在大流行期间，药学专业学生与普通内科轮转中的医疗保健提供者之间的书面沟通增加，而面对面接触减少。在COVID-19之前，学生报告在门诊护理轮转期间同事推荐更多，跨专业利用率更高。
COVID-19使药学专业学生与医疗保健提供者之间的互动从面对面转向书面沟通。学生报告对其跨专业经历的满意度下降。这项研究为药学教育不断变化的格局提供了见解，帮助学生为医疗保健提供和教育中不断演变的挑战做好准备。
