Btaiche Imad F, Karaoui Lamis R, Attieh Kristina, Zeid Bertha Abou, Kanbar Roy
Lebanese American University, School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice Department, Byblos Campus, Lebanon.
Benta Sal, Quality Assurance Department, Dbayeh, Lebanon.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2025 Aug;89(8):101452. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101452. Epub 2025 Jun 26.
This study describes an elective advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in the pharmaceutical industry offered to fourth professional year (P4) student pharmacists and reports on the outcomes assessment of students' satisfaction, perceptions, and knowledge during the APPE.
An observational cross-sectional study design was employed to analyze responses from 59 P4 student pharmacists who completed a pharmaceutical industry elective APPE, based on data collected over 10 years of offering the elective. Students completed surveys after the APPE, indicating their levels of agreement regarding the practice site and preceptors, as well as their satisfaction with the APPE in meeting its learning objectives.
Most respondents highly rated the quality standards of the practice site and preceptors, with average ratings of 3.39 ± 0.09 and 3.38 ± 0.11 on a 4-point Likert scale, respectively. They also expressed high satisfaction with the coverage of the APPE learning objectives, with an average rating of 3.47 ± 0.09. Moderate-to-strong correlations were observed between the ratings for the practice site and learning objectives, and between the preceptors and learning objectives.
The pharmaceutical industry offers pharmacy programs a unique opportunity to conduct nontraditional elective APPEs. This can be effectively implemented through partnership agreements and close collaboration between the programs and pharmaceutical companies, with active involvement from site preceptors in teaching students. Student pharmacists appreciated the nonpatient care industrial APPE, which broadened their knowledge and practice while also expanding the school's experiential offerings.
本研究描述了一项面向药学专业四年级（P4）学生药师的制药行业选修高级药学实践经验（APPE），并报告了学生在该APPE期间的满意度、认知和知识的结果评估。
采用观察性横断面研究设计，基于10年提供该选修课程所收集的数据，分析了59名完成制药行业选修APPE的P4学生药师的回复。学生在APPE结束后完成调查，表明他们对实习地点和带教老师的认同程度，以及对APPE实现其学习目标的满意度。
大多数受访者对实习地点和带教老师的质量标准给予高度评价，在4点李克特量表上的平均评分分别为3.39±0.09和3.38±0.11。他们对APPE学习目标的涵盖范围也表示高度满意，平均评分为3.47±0.09。在实习地点评分与学习目标评分之间，以及带教老师评分与学习目标评分之间观察到中度至高度的相关性。
制药行业为药学课程提供了开展非传统选修APPE的独特机会。这可以通过合作协议以及课程与制药公司之间的密切合作有效实施，实习地点的带教老师积极参与学生教学。学生药师对非患者护理的行业APPE表示赞赏，这拓宽了他们的知识和实践，同时也增加了学校的实践课程。
