Assessment of Student Pharmacists' Co-Curricular Professionalization Using an Impact Scale.

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dc.contributor.authorBriceland, Laurie L
dc.contributor.authorVeselov, Megan
dc.contributor.authorBach, Kelly
dc.contributor.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7013-7318
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-13T15:06:08Z
dc.date.available2024-11-13T15:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-25
dc.description.abstractCo-curricular participation is a required component of the pharmacy program. Assessment of co-curricular activities has proven challenging due to lack of manpower to address the workload of reviewing multiple critical reflections. This project documented the professionalization impact of co-curricular involvement and secondarily explored the utility of our assessment tool, the Co-curricular Impact Scale (CIS), developed to streamline the assessment process. First- through third-professional-year students (P1, P2, P3) participated in five co-curricular domains: (i) professional development/education; (ii) patient care service; (iii) legislative advocacy; (iv) leadership/service to the pharmacy profession; and (v) healthcare-related community service. For the CIS, 16 questions were developed and mapped to 11 educational outcomes and included assessing the impact of immersing in an authentic learning experience, collaborating with healthcare professionals, and preparing for the pharmacist role. A group of 296 students rated the impact of participation as low, moderate, or significant for five events annually. Based on 717 entries, the two attributes deemed most impactful were: "Activity immersed me in an authentic learning experience" (95% ≥ Moderate Impact) and "Activity improved my self-confidence" (93% ≥ Moderate Impact). P1 students found slightly less impact in co-curricular participation (83.5%) than P2 (88.4%) and P3 (86.8%) counterparts. The CIS proved to be an efficient method to collate impact of co-curricular involvement upon student professionalization.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy12040117
dc.description.urihttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11359949/
dc.identifier.citationBriceland LL, Veselov M, Bach K. Assessment of Student Pharmacists' Co-Curricular Professionalization Using an Impact Scale. Pharmacy (Basel). 2024 Jul 25;12(4):117. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy12040117. PMID: 39195846; PMCID: PMC11359949.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/pharmacy12040117
dc.identifier.issn2226-4787
dc.identifier.other39195846
dc.identifier.piipharmacy12040117
dc.identifier.pmid39195846
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14303/610
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartofPharmacy : a journal of pharmacy education and practice
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dc.source.countrySwitzerland
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.journaltitlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.source.volume12
dc.subjectco-curricular assessment
dc.subjectco-curricular impact scale
dc.subjectco-curriculum
dc.subjectpharmacy education
dc.subjectprofessional identity formation
dc.subjectstudent professional development
dc.subjectstudent professionalization
dc.titleAssessment of Student Pharmacists' Co-Curricular Professionalization Using an Impact Scale.
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle
local.departmentprogramDepartment of Pharmacy Practice
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