Practice patterns, attitudes, and activities of University of California Pharm.D. graduates

Use of an electronic survey to assess the training and practice experiences of pharmacy residency graduates

“…[6][7][8][9][10] Our survey more closely resembles one described in 2003 in which a group of investigators assessed residents' perceptions of their training experiences, specifically in a community pharmacy residency program. 11 The survey was also conducted to determine why community pharmacy residents pursued their residency training, factors emphasized in the program, and skills learned.…”

“…While data analyzing the accuracy of the DDD method are lacking, previous investigators have recognized likely problems such as use in pediatric populations, patients with renal failure, or for prophylactic drug use. [8][9][10] The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (UMMC) is a dual-campus, 890-bed, quaternary care teaching hospital that serves a variety of patient types of all ages, including critically ill, oncology, cardiology, solid-organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, and medical and surgical patients. A variety of antiinfective control measures are currently in place at UMMC, such as…”

Pharmacy career deciding: making choice a “good fit”

“…For example, gender differences in relation to the instrumental value given to choosing to study pharmacy have been reported by several studies (Hassell, 1997;Ferguson et al, 1986), with male students found to be more likely to study pharmacy because of opportunities to maximise potential returns via expected future high earnings or self-employment, and female students more likely to be influenced by the opportunity to work flexibly in the future (Shindler et al, 1988;Hassell, 1997). Students' decisions to study pharmacy have also been shown to be influenced indirectly, by family and familial ties (Koda-Kimble et al, 1989) -and this influence was reported to vary according to students' ethnicity, with Asian females being more influenced by family ties when compared with white students. Prospects for business ownership and occupational inheritance have also been found to be a significant motivator for studying pharmacy amongst some ethnic minority groups (Hassell, 1996;Hassell, 1997;Carlson and Wertheimer, 1992).…”

Instrumentation for Comparing Student and Faculty Perceptions of Competency-based Assessment

“…18,[32][33][34] Students have been asked about their achievement of competencies, which are defined as the necessary skills or abilities of an entry-level practitioner, 18,20,31,34,35 and alumni have been asked about academic preparation to practice pharmacy. 27,29,36 Faculty members and students have been assessed independently regarding their perceptions of the delivery of instruction to achieve educational outcomes and competencies in the curriculum, 18,33,37 and faculty self-reports of delivery of instruction to achieve competencies have been compared to student self-reports of competency achievement. 34 Previous studies most similar to this research are those that assess perceptions of achievement of competency or practice skills.…”