An Elective Course to Train Student Pharmacists to Deliver a Community-based Group Diabetes Prevention Program

Woodard, Lisa J.; McKennon, Skye A.; Danielson, Jennifer; Knuth, Judy; Odegard, Peggy Soule

doi:10.5688/ajpe806106

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“…These are the core competencies of appropriately educated pharmacists working within healthcare facilities. However, recent graduates often struggle to successfully translate theory into practice [3]. It is a crucial goal of new employee orientation and training to ensure that all entry-to-practice pharmacists can provide high-quality service.…”

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The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

Wei

Chien

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BMC Med Educ

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Background Clinical pharmacists must have a complex combination of academic knowledge and practical experience that integrates all aspects of practice. Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2007 launched the Postgraduate Year (PGY) training program to increase the standard of pharmaceutical care. This study aims to develop a pharmacist-specific Chinese-language Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) to evaluate the professional development of postgraduate year trainees. Method The specialized Mini-CEX was developed based on the core competencies of pharmacists, published literature, and expert opinion. A pilot test and evaluator workshop were held prior to the administration of the main test. Fifty-three samples were recruited. The main study was conducted at two regional teaching hospitals and a medical center teaching hospital in Taiwan between February and June 2012. The results were analyzed with the kappa statistic (inter-rater reliability) and descriptive statistics, while the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to examine the PGY trainees’ Mini-CEX scores based on their performances. Results Trainees who had recently completed PGY programs (C-PGY) and 2nd year PGY trainees (PGY2) earned excellent scores, while the 1st year PGY trainees (PGY1) earned satisfactory scores in overall performance. C-PGY and PGY2 trainees also performed significantly better than PGY1 trainees in the organization and efficiency domain, and the communication skills domain. Conclusion This study demonstrates the feasibility of using the newly developed pharmacist-specific Chinese-language version of the Mini-CEX instrument to evaluate the core competencies of PGY trainees in clinical settings. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-019-1602-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

Wei

Chien

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BMC Med Educ

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“…While evidence exists that demonstrates the benefit of incorporating student pharmacists into the teaching of a DSMES class, our study was the first conducted with APPE students that included a knowledge assessment in addition to a confidence evaluation and established a control group for comparison. 6,16,19 This study also used the US Diabetes Conversation Map Program to teach the class and offers evidence that this resource can be used successfully by student pharmacist facilitators to enhance their confidence in and perception of diabetes knowledge and skills. Following the student-led DSMES class in this study, students in the intervention cohort exhibited a significant improvement in knowledge scores compared to scores on the pre-intervention assessment.…”

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“…6 There is evidence that a variety of educational experiences (eg, certificate programs, elective courses, APPE "patient navigator" training, diabetesfocused APPEs) can positively impact a student pharmacist's knowledge, attitudes, and/or skills associated with diabetes or other chronic conditions. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] However, we found only one study that evaluated students confidence with diabetes knowledge and education after teaching a DSMES class. 6 While that study, which was conducted by Shrader and colleagues, was similar in design to ours, it involved third-year pharmacy students within an elective service-learning course rather than fourth-year APPE students.…”

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Impact of Student Pharmacists Teaching a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Class

Manigault

Augustine

Thurston

2020

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To evaluate student pharmacists' knowledge of diabetes and self-perceptions of aptitude and confidence before and after teaching a diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) class. Methods. Students enrolled in an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in ambulatory care were randomly assigned to the intervention group (taught a DSMES class) or control group (did not teach a DSMES class) between June 2016 to April 2018. Students self-assessed their aptitude and confidence using a 14-item pre-and post-intervention survey instrument. Additionally, participants completed a 10-item diabetes knowledge evaluation at baseline and during week three or four of the APPE. Results. Forty-six students participated in the study (26 students in the intervention group and 20 in the control group). Students in the intervention cohort demonstrated a significant improvement in their knowledge score (81.8% post-intervention vs 68.4% pre-intervention). Students in the control cohort did not experience a significant change in knowledge scores from pre-to post-intervention evaluation (70.0% vs 74.1%). The intervention cohort achieved a significantly greater improvement in confidence scores compared to the control group (11.8 vs 6.7 increase in scores, respectively). Conclusion. A student pharmacist team-taught DSMES class resulted in significant improvement in diabetes knowledge, aptitude, and confidence. Student pharmacist participation in a DSMES class may improve knowledge and enhance confidence, while offering an opportunity to advance the pharmacy practice model in ambulatory care.

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“…Doing this equips student pharmacists with the essential skills needed to serve as lifestyle coaches. In a recent study, Woodard et al 5 tailored an existing diabetes prevention class for student pharmacists that highlighted knowledge of prediabetes risk and evidence-based communication skills. The results showed that this led to the students' increased confidence in their ability to deliver DPPs in a group setting.…”

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Reducing the rates of diabetes across the United States

Shiyanbola¹,

Huang²

2020

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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An Elective Course to Train Student Pharmacists to Deliver a Community-based Group Diabetes Prevention Program

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

The development and use of a pharmacist-specific Mini-CEX for postgraduate year trainees in Taiwan

Impact of Student Pharmacists Teaching a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Class

Reducing the rates of diabetes across the United States

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