Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy, USA.
University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2024 Sep;88(9):101258. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101258. Epub 2024 Jul 31.
First-generation college students (FGCSs) comprise a large demographic of health professions programs. Although FGCSs in pharmacy education have been studied, robust data describing FGCSs who pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy degree are sparse. The objective of this study was to describe the FGCS applicant population within pharmacy education from 2017 to 2023 and compare them with continuing-generation college student (CGCS) applicants.
We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study using national Doctor of Pharmacy application data from the Pharmacy College Application Service between 2017 and 2023.
Of the 83,446 applicants, 26% identified as an FGCS, with analysis demonstrating the breadth of differences between FGCS and CGCS. FGCSs were found to be older, more likely of minority status, and more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds. FGCSs also submitted a greater number of applications per student, were less likely to matriculate, and were more likely to be denied by at least 1 program.
Important differences between FGCSs and CGCSs in the pharmacy school applicant pool were identified. These differences highlight the importance of studying recruitment strategies and support programs for FGCS pharmacy applicants, strategies to increase completed applications, and decrease melt in FGCSs once they are accepted into programs.
第一代大学生（FGCSs）构成了医学专业学术文献中很大的一部分。尽管已经对药学教育中的 FGCSs 进行了研究，但描述攻读药学博士学位的 FGCSs 的大量数据仍然很少。本研究的目的是描述 2017 年至 2023 年期间药学教育中的 FGCS 申请人群体，并将其与继续代大学生（CGCS）申请人进行比较。
我们使用 2017 年至 2023 年期间通过药学学院申请服务（Pharmacy College Application Service）获得的全国药学博士申请数据，进行了一项描述性的横断面研究。
在 83446 名申请人中，26%的人自认为是 FGCS，分析表明 FGCS 和 CGCS 之间存在广泛的差异。FGCS 年龄较大，更有可能属于少数族裔，并且更有可能来自贫困背景。FGCS 每学生提交的申请数量也更多，入学率较低，并且至少有 1 个项目拒绝他们的可能性更高。
在药学学校申请人库中，FGCS 和 CGCS 之间存在重要差异。这些差异强调了研究 FGCS 药学申请人的招募策略和支持计划、增加完成申请的策略以及在 FGCS 一旦被项目录取后减少流失的重要性。
