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AuthorAwaisu, Ahmed
AuthorPawluk, Shane
Available date2022-12-15T07:16:23Z
Publication Date2015
Publication NamePharmacy Education
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/37317
AbstractIntroduction: Pharmacy programmes commonly use physicians, nurses, and physician assistants as instructors of patient assessment courses. These are often questioned to be physician-focused. The aim of this study was to assess pharmacy students' attitude and perceptions towards implemented changes to the instruction of a patient assessment course. Description of Course: In a patient assessment course for undergraduate pharmacy students, we introduced a physicianpharmacist instructional strategy with a view to ensure relevance to and application in pharmacy practice. Evaluation: A significantly greater proportion of the pharmacy students rated their skills as above average to excellent after the pharmacist's instruction when compared to prior instruction with a physician only (75%, n=18 vs. 42%, n=10, respectively; p=0.010). Similarly, most respondents (83%, n=20) rated their understanding of the importance of patient assessment skills as above average to excellent after the inclusion of the pharmacist in the course delivery as compared to only 50% (n=12) having such impression prior to the inclusion of the pharmacist (p=0.004). Future Plans: A collaborative physician-pharmacist model of teaching patient assessment is feasible, may potentially improve outcomes towards learning the skills of patient assessment, and should be continued in this programme. 2015 FIP.
Languageen
PublisherInternational Pharmaceutical Federation
SubjectInstruction
Patient assessment
Pharmacist-physician
Pharmacy
Physical assessment
TitlePatient assessment teaching and learning in undergraduate pharmacy curriculum: Students' perspective of a pharmacist-physician instructional strategy
TypeArticle
Pagination116-119
Issue Number1
Volume Number15
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