OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether a novel integrated longitudinal curricular activity to prepare graduating doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students for 2 comprehensive examinations was successful, and to assess whether it engaged other pharmacy students in curricular discussion and learning. DESIGN Thirty-eight of 91graduating third-year (P3) students in a PharmD program formed 11 teams to create a...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is projected to cause nearly 450 million deaths worldwide during the next 50 years. Health professionals can have a critical role in reducing tobacco use. Therefore, one of the strategies to reduce the number of smoking-related deaths is to encourage the involvement of health professionals in tobacco-use prevention and cessation counseling. As future health care providers...

Many professional organizations have initiatives to increase the awareness and use of informatics in the practice of pharmacy. Within education we must respond to these initiatives and make technology integral to all aspects of the curriculum, inculcating in students the importance of technology in practice. This document proposes 5 central domains for organizing planning related to informatics...

BACKGROUND Achievement goal theory helps us understand what motivates students to participate in educational activities. However, measuring achievement goals in a precise manner is problematic. Elliot and McGregor's Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ) and Elliot and Murayama's revised Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ-R) are widely used to assess students' achievement goals. Both instruments...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine possible associations between students' self-reported behaviors and opinions towards academic dishonesty, and their attitudes towards curriculum, assessment, and teaching within the pharmacy program. METHODS A questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate (pre-licensure) students at 4 schools of pharmacy in Canada, including...

BACKGROUND There is little data on the preferences of pharmacy students as regards their future pharmacy job choices in Africa and this has created concerns amongst licensing bodies, employers and also the institutions they graduate from. OBJECTIVE Career choices and factors that influence these choices of pre-registration pharmacists were assessed. METHODS Final and fourth year students fr...

UNLABELLED Despite attempts to control college-aged drinking, binge and underage drinking continues at colleges and universities. Although often underutilized, faculty have the potential to influence students' behaviors and attitudes towards drinking. Little information is available pertaining to college faculty drinking patterns, views on drinking, or their influence on college drinking. What ...

PROLOGUE The goal of this educational strategy is preparation of pharmacy students to care for patients at the highest level possible in terms of a complete and comprehensive pharmaceutical care practice. Pharmacy students’ abilities to provide direct patient care utilizing the pharmaceutical care process are evaluated. This educational strategy is designed for third professional year pharmacy ...

Clinical Applications I (CA I) and Clinical Applications II (CA II) were created and implemented to facilitate the development of first professional year pharmacy students’ interaction skills through the use of case presentations and a multidisciplinary faculty team. During the Clinical Applications (CA) classes taught in the 1995-1996 academic year, actual patients presented to the students. W...