Clinical Assistant Professor; Director, Ambulatory Care APPEs, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 4349 Martin Luther King Blvd., Houston, TX 77204, United States of America.
University of Houston - College of Pharmacy, 4349 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Houston, TX 77204, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2024 Dec;16(12):102202. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102202. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
To identify if there is a relationship between the placement of standalone pharmacy law courses within the PharmD curriculum and Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE) first-time pass rates.
Colleges of pharmacy were identified using the MPJE Passing Rates for 2019-2022 Graduates found on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website. Characteristics of the pharmacy law content delivery within the curriculum were extracted from the program, Pharmacy College Application Service, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), and NABP websites. Pharmacy programs with standalone law courses, MPJE pass rates reported by NABP, and data that could be obtained via publicly available sources were included. To standardize between three year and four-year programs, law course delivery within the curriculum was measured as number of semesters (fall, spring, or summer) before graduation.
One hundred nine schools met the inclusion criteria. Linear path analysis revealed no relationship between the number of semesters a law course was scheduled before graduation and 4-year average first-time MPJE pass rates and 4-year average all-time MPJE pass rates.
The findings did not show that earlier placement of pharmacy law courses predicted MPJE first-time pass rates. However, a strong correlation existed between NAPLEX and MPJE pass rates, suggesting NAPLEX performance may indicate overall licensure exam preparedness. Notable differences in pass rates were observed between public and private pharmacy programs, highlighting the need to investigate program characteristics impacting exam success. Further research is warranted to identify predictive factors for MPJE outcomes.
确定药剂学博士课程中独立药学法规课程的设置与多国药师法考试（MPJE）首次通过率之间是否存在关系。
使用全国药剂师理事会（NABP）网站上找到的 2019-2022 届毕业生的 MPJE 通过率，确定药剂学院校。从课程、药学学院申请服务、美国药学院协会（AACP）和 NABP 网站中提取课程内药学法规内容的传递特征。包括具有独立法律课程、NABP 报告的 MPJE 通过率以及可通过公开来源获得数据的药剂学项目。为了在三年制和四年制项目之间实现标准化，课程中法律课程的传递被测量为毕业前的学期数（秋季、春季或夏季）。
109 所学校符合纳入标准。线性路径分析显示，法律课程在毕业前的学期数与 4 年平均首次 MPJE 通过率和 4 年平均所有时间 MPJE 通过率之间没有关系。
研究结果表明，药学法规课程的提前设置并不能预测 MPJE 的首次通过率。然而，NAPLEX 和 MPJE 通过率之间存在很强的相关性，这表明 NAPLEX 的表现可能表明整体执照考试的准备情况。公立和私立药剂学项目之间观察到明显的通过率差异，突出了需要调查影响考试成功的项目特征。需要进一步研究以确定 MPJE 结果的预测因素。
