Introduction

Academic advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) are unique elective opportunities for student pharmacists to engage with and learn about academia. The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of second-year (PY2) student participation in fourth-year (PY4) academic APPE student-delivered review sessions on individual pharmacotherapy examination scores.

Methods

The PY2 cohort was evaluated by comparing their performance against the class average when they did and did not attend a review session. Utilizing a t-test, we sought to determine if there was a significant change in student performance. Qualitative evaluations were also performed on the PY4 students experience during their rotation.

Results

A total of 28 PY2 student pharmacists took a total of 140 exams during the study period. Of the 140 exams taken, 54 individual exams were taken after attending a review session created and led by PY4 student pharmacists and 86 exams were taken in the absence of attending a review session. Analysis showed that student performance on exams after attending a review session was 0.4 SD above the class average, while performance was very close to the class average at 0.05 SD above the class average when review sessions were not attended.

Conclusions

PY4 student pharmacists trained on an academic APPE can improve PY2 student pharmacists' pharmacotherapy exam scores. APPE students also self-reported positive learning experiences while participating in this teaching.

中文翻译：

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教授高级药学实践经验学生成为药学二年级学生的有效教师

介绍

学术高级药学实践经验 (APPE) 是学生药剂师参与和了解学术界的独特选修机会。本研究的目的是确定二年级 (PY2) 学生参与四年级 (PY4) 学术 APPE 学生提供的复习课程对个人药物治疗考试分数的影响。

方法

PY2 队列的评估方法是将他们参加和未参加复习课时的表现与班级平均水平进行比较。利用t检验，我们试图确定学生的表现是否有显着变化。对 PY4 学生轮换期间的体验也进行了定性评估。

结果

在研究期间，共有 28 名 PY2 学生药剂师参加了总共 140 次考试。在参加的 140 项考试中，54 项个人考试是在参加由 PY4 学生药剂师创建和领导的复习课后参加的，86 门考试是在没有参加复习课的情况下参加的。分析表明，学生在参加复习课后的考试成绩比班级平均水平高 0.4 个标准差，而在不参加复习课时，成绩非常接近班级平均水平，比班级平均水平高 0.05 个标准差。

结论

接受过学术 APPE 培训的 PY4 学生药剂师可以提高 PY2 学生药剂师的药物治疗考试成绩。APPE 学生在参与本次教学时也自我报告了积极的学习经历。