Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan
Abstract Background The fact that pharmacists are in the front line of patients’ care gives a great responsibility to focus on education and training of pharmacy students to build a ‘patient-centered’ clinicians. Unfortunately, pharmacy education in the developing countries, have been lagging behind...
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| author | Rana Abu Farha Eman Elayeh Needa Zalloum Tareq Mukattash Eman Alefishat Maysa Suyagh Iman Basheti |
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| description | Abstract Background The fact that pharmacists are in the front line of patients’ care gives a great responsibility to focus on education and training of pharmacy students to build a ‘patient-centered’ clinicians. Unfortunately, pharmacy education in the developing countries, have been lagging behind actual practice delivered by pharmacists. This highlighted the need to evaluate the perceptions of undergraduate pharmacy students regarding their current pharmacy training practices and experiences. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Jordan during the period from August 2018 to October 2018. During the study period, a questionnaire was distributed to pharmacy students to collect information regarding 1) pharmaceutical care services provided by them during their experiential training, 2) their perceptions towards training sites, 3) their perceptions of the outcomes of their training experience, 4) information about their training site and 5) their demographics characteristics. Results A total of 202 pharmacy students responded to the questionnaire. The majority of them reported having the opportunity to dispense refill or new prescriptions (73.8%, n = 149), and conduct patient interviews (69.8%, n = 141, but they were not provided good opportunities to create electronic patient profiles using the information obtained (53.0%, n = 107), perform required dose calculations based on patient information (37.6%, n = 76), and interact with other healthcare professionals (34.6%, n = 70). In addition, students showed positive attitudes toward training sites, positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience (median scores range between 4 and 5 for all statements (IQR = 1 for all)). Conclusion Students showed positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience, but they felt that the selected training sites do not have adequate resources to meet their training competencies. Memorandums of understanding development is needed to specify the purpose of training and define the responsibility for both parties of the training process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b7c8d51f4f1426caa251c6157159a362022-12-21T20:26:36ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202021-03-012111710.1186/s12909-021-02596-wPerception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from JordanRana Abu Farha0Eman Elayeh1Needa Zalloum2Tareq Mukattash3Eman Alefishat4Maysa Suyagh5Iman Basheti6Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private UniversityDepartment Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of JordanDepartment Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of JordanDepartment Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyDepartment Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of JordanDepartment Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private UniversityAbstract Background The fact that pharmacists are in the front line of patients’ care gives a great responsibility to focus on education and training of pharmacy students to build a ‘patient-centered’ clinicians. Unfortunately, pharmacy education in the developing countries, have been lagging behind actual practice delivered by pharmacists. This highlighted the need to evaluate the perceptions of undergraduate pharmacy students regarding their current pharmacy training practices and experiences. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Jordan during the period from August 2018 to October 2018. During the study period, a questionnaire was distributed to pharmacy students to collect information regarding 1) pharmaceutical care services provided by them during their experiential training, 2) their perceptions towards training sites, 3) their perceptions of the outcomes of their training experience, 4) information about their training site and 5) their demographics characteristics. Results A total of 202 pharmacy students responded to the questionnaire. The majority of them reported having the opportunity to dispense refill or new prescriptions (73.8%, n = 149), and conduct patient interviews (69.8%, n = 141, but they were not provided good opportunities to create electronic patient profiles using the information obtained (53.0%, n = 107), perform required dose calculations based on patient information (37.6%, n = 76), and interact with other healthcare professionals (34.6%, n = 70). In addition, students showed positive attitudes toward training sites, positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience (median scores range between 4 and 5 for all statements (IQR = 1 for all)). Conclusion Students showed positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience, but they felt that the selected training sites do not have adequate resources to meet their training competencies. Memorandums of understanding development is needed to specify the purpose of training and define the responsibility for both parties of the training process.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02596-wTrainingCommunity pharmacyPerceptionExperienceJordan |
| spellingShingle | Rana Abu Farha Eman Elayeh Needa Zalloum Tareq Mukattash Eman Alefishat Maysa Suyagh Iman Basheti Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan BMC Medical Education Training Community pharmacy Perception Experience Jordan |
| title | Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan |
| title_full | Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan |
| title_fullStr | Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan |
| title_short | Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan |
| title_sort | perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience a cross sectional study from jordan |
| topic | Training Community pharmacy Perception Experience Jordan |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02596-w |
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