Student engagement in professional political advocacy in colleges/schools of pharmacy

Deloatch, Kimberly H.; Gannett, Peter M.; Hagemann, Tracy M.; Law, Anandi V.; Smith, Candace; Trang, David D.; Reynolds, John R.

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2012.04.008

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“…The respondents of this survey represent a cross-section of U.S. pharmacy academic institutions with demographics that align with those of the academy. 7 With one representative completing the survey, there is the chance that staff, faculty, administrators, and post-graduates may be participating in advocacy efforts, but this is not a part of their formal job description and these activities may not have been captured or reported when responding to the survey. Additionally, perceptions of importance of the domains were indicated by the responder and may not represent the views of all leadership at the college or school of pharmacy.…”

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Integration, Perceptions, and Implementation of Legislative Advocacy Within US Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy

Murphy

Hagy

Miller

et al. 2022

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To assess: 1) current practices of colleges and schools of pharmacy pertaining to teaching legislative advocacy, 2) engagement of staff, faculty, postgraduates, students, and administrators at colleges and schools of pharmacy in legislative advocacy partnerships and activities, and 3) future goals for legislative advocacy involvement by academic pharmacy institutions.Methods. An electronic survey was distributed to Deans of colleges and schools of pharmacy across the U.S. via a list of emails from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Respondents completed 53 questions to identify involvement, barriers, and relative importance related to legislative advocacy. Responses were evaluated using descriptive statistics.Results. The survey accrued responses from 48 of 143 (33%) colleges and schools of pharmacy. Of the respondents, 16% required a course on advocacy and approximately 50% offered an advocacy elective. A majority of institutions highly ranked (> 7 on a scale of 1-10) their institution's involvement and importance of legislative advocacy in external collaboration (involvement: 58.8%; importance: 75.8%). A majority of institutions highly ranked the importance of faculty, staff, and postgraduate roles in advocacy (60%); however, involvement was not ranked as strongly (42.3%). Fifty percent of institutions plan to expand involvement in legislative advocacy. Conclusion.Colleges and schools of pharmacy in the U.S. highly ranked the importance of legislative advocacy; many feel their involvement is strong with plans to expand. Moving forward, curricula and resource allocation should be reviewed to diminish the dissonance between importance and implementation of legislative advocacy components.

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Integration, Perceptions, and Implementation of Legislative Advocacy Within US Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy

Murphy

Hagy

Miller

et al. 2022

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…1 Despite this emphasis, the majority of advocacy experiences described in pharmacy education literature are co-curricular or elective didactic coursework and are often facilitated by student organizations of state or national pharmacy organizations. [2][3][4][5][6][7] While these are valuable experiences for student pharmacists, there are inherent issues with these delivery models such as capacity limitations, inaccessibility that may occur due to financial costs and potential need for excused absences from other curricular expectations.…”

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Impact of a Simulated Legislative Visit on Student Pharmacists’ Political Skill Inventory Scores

Mospan

Gillette

2021

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To assess the impact of a simulated legislative visit on political skill inventory (PSI) scores among student pharmacists and assess student pharmacist perceptions of their role as an advocate.Methods. An anonymous online pre-and post-survey were administered to third-year student pharmacists at one school of pharmacy in North Carolina. Measures included gender, age, previous pharmacy experience, engagement in pharmacy organizations, legislative awareness and engagement, political skill inventory, and perceptions of the simulated legislative visit. Data are presented as medians or proportions, where appropriate. Paired t-tests and Cohen's d were used to analyze the data. Results. Thirty student pharmacists provided complete and matchable results for the pre-and post-survey (analysis response rate=36%). The mean PSI score was 5.39 before the intervention which increased to 5.73 after the intervention. The networking ability and interpersonal influence subscales showed statistically significant and medium-to-large effect size increases whereas the social astuteness and apparent sincerity subscales showed low-to-medium effect size increases. Student pharmacists also reported increased agreement with advocacy skills or responsibilities from pre-to postintervention. Conclusion.Student pharmacists had significant improvement in PSI scores following a simulated legislative visit and corresponding advocacy lecture. Determining the effectiveness of educational interventions to develop advocacy skills is essential to ensure efficacy and potential for real-world impact.

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Fostering Advocacy in Pharmacy Students: Strategies for Curricular Integration and Assessment

Gortney,

Lacroix,

Dunn

2024

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Student engagement in professional political advocacy in colleges/schools of pharmacy

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Integration, Perceptions, and Implementation of Legislative Advocacy Within US Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy

Integration, Perceptions, and Implementation of Legislative Advocacy Within US Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy

Impact of a Simulated Legislative Visit on Student Pharmacists’ Political Skill Inventory Scores

Fostering Advocacy in Pharmacy Students: Strategies for Curricular Integration and Assessment

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