ABSTRACT

To determine if student pharmacists’ confidence in their knowledge and skills, and their attitudes toward older adults improved throughout pharmacy school with an integrated geriatrics didactic curriculum (years 1–3) and a final year of clinical training including a required advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in geriatrics (year 4). A two-part voluntary anonymous survey was administered at three different time points to two large cohorts of student pharmacists. The first part of the survey assessed students’ confidence in attaining geriatrics competencies. The second part of the survey used the UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale to assess students’ attitudes. Of the 286 students who were emailed the survey, 236 student pharmacists completed it at the first assessment. Student pharmacists showed an increase in confidence in achieving geriatrics competencies from their first year to their third year, and further increase after their clinical training. Most students also held a generally positive attitude toward older adults from P1 to P4 year. Integration of geriatrics throughout the didactic and experiential curriculum made an impact on student pharmacists’ confidence in their competency toward caring for older adults, while maintaining a positive attitude toward older adults throughout pharmacy school.

摘要

确定学生药剂师对他们的知识和技能的信心以及他们对老年人的态度是否在整个药学院通过综合老年医学教学课程（1-3 年）和最后一年的临床培训（包括所需的高级药学实践经验）得到改善（ APPE）在老年病学（第 4 年）。在三个不同的时间点对两个大型学生药剂师队列进行了一项由两部分组成的自愿匿名调查。调查的第一部分评估了学生对获得老年医学能力的信心。调查的第二部分使用加州大学洛杉矶分校老年学态度量表来评估学生的态度。在通过电子邮件发送调查的 286 名学生中，236 名学生药剂师在第一次评估中完成了调查。学生药剂师从第一年到第三年表现出对实现老年医学能力的信心增加，并在临床培训后进一步增加。大多数学生对 P1 至 P4 年的老年人也持有普遍积极的态度。在整个教学和体验课程中整合老年病学，影响了学生药剂师对他们照顾老年人的能力的信心，同时在整个药学院保持对老年人的积极态度。