Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, Richmond, VA, USA.
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2024 Aug;88(8):101249. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101249. Epub 2024 Jul 18.
Professional pharmacy fraternal organizations are among the most common student organizations in schools and colleges of pharmacy and are present on 98% of campuses. However, sparse literature explores the educational value these organizations offer. The purpose of this review is to explore the alignment of national requirements of 2 major pharmacy fraternities with cocurricular learning objectives.
All 4 fraternal pharmacy organizations recognized by the Professional Fraternal Association were invited to collaborate on this project. Ultimately, 2 fraternities participated by gathering national office requirements for reports and activities for collegiate chapters. Qualitative review of fraternity requirements was conducted via manifest content analysis by 2 independent reviewers, and items were coded to the relevant cocurricular domain(s) from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Standards 2016; disagreements were resolved by a third author.
A total of 50 fraternity requirements were identified and mapped to 1 or more cocurricular domains, for a total of 63 codings. All 6 cocurricular domains were coded at least once. The most common codings were professionalism and leadership. Significant overlap existed in requirements that encompassed professionalism plus cultural sensitivity, professionalism plus self-awareness, and self-awareness plus leadership. Some activities benefited the school or community, whereas others solely contributed to individual member professional development.
Professional pharmacy fraternities provide ample cocurricular learning opportunities among the breadth of affective domains. The mission and vision of these organizations foster affective domain skill development in school- and community-facing events, as well as dedicated individual professional development.
专业药学兄弟会是学校和药学院最常见的学生组织之一，在 98%的校园中都有存在。然而，很少有文献探讨这些组织提供的教育价值。本研究旨在探讨两个主要药学兄弟会的全国要求与课外学习目标的一致性。
邀请专业兄弟协会认可的所有 4 个药学兄弟会组织参与该项目。最终，有 2 个兄弟会通过收集全国办公室对大学生分会的报告和活动要求参与其中。通过 2 位独立评审员进行的兄弟会要求的定性审查，使用明显内容分析进行审查，并根据 2016 年药学教育标准认证委员会的相关课外领域对项目进行编码；意见不一致时由第 3 位作者解决。
共确定了 50 个兄弟会要求，并将其映射到 1 个或多个课外领域，总共进行了 63 次编码。所有 6 个课外领域都至少进行了一次编码。最常见的编码是专业精神和领导力。在涵盖专业精神加文化敏感性、专业精神加自我意识和自我意识加领导力的要求中存在显著重叠。一些活动有益于学校或社区，而其他活动则仅有助于个人成员的专业发展。
专业药学兄弟会在情感领域的广泛范围内提供了丰富的课外学习机会。这些组织的使命和愿景在面向学校和社区的活动中以及专门的个人专业发展中培养了情感领域技能的发展。
