Objective:

Evaluate the efficacy of educating academic Advance Pharmacy Practice Experiential (APPE) students on scholarship and research (S&R). We hypothesized that academic APPE students gain more knowledge in scholarship and research in comparison to non-academic APPE students.

Methods:

As a component of academic APPE rotation, all academic APPE students assigned by the office of experiential education per year (the intervention group) (n = 11) attended S&R sessions during the first week of their academic APPE rotation. Student volunteers from the same graduating class were recruited as the control group (n = 12). However, 1 student from the intervention group and 2 students from the control group were excluded from the analysis, leaving 10 students from each group. These sessions were taken in small groups of 1 to 3 once in their assigned rotation. S&R sessions included many topics that were based on a S&R manual. Upon completion of the sessions, a hard copy of a 10-question knowledge-based quiz was given to both groups at the same time. APPE students’ knowledge about S&R were assessed via grading the quiz. The anonymity of the quiz was maintained by requesting students only to mention whether they are from intervention group or controlled group.

Results:

While control group averaged 49% ± 4.58 on the quiz, the intervention group averaged 71.5% ± 5.77. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software. Based on independent sample t-test, students who took the S&R session show significant increase in their quiz score.

Conclusion:

Compared to the control group, S&R sessions helped academic APPE students to gain knowledge on S&R. The students also perceived that S&R sessions increased their interest in S&R.

中文翻译：

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学术药学实践经验中奖学金和研究方向会议的设计和评估

客观的：

评估在学术和研究 (S&R) 方面教育学术高级药学实践体验 (APPE) 学生的效果。我们假设与非学术 APPE 学生相比，学术 APPE 学生在学术和研究方面获得更多知识。

方法：

作为学术 APPE 轮换的一个组成部分，由体验教育办公室（干预组）（n = 11）每年分配的所有学术 APPE 学生在其学术 APPE 轮换的第一周参加了 S&R 会议。招募来自同一毕业班的学生志愿者作为对照组（n = 12）。然而，干预组的 1 名学生和对照组的 2 名学生被排除在分析之外，每组剩下 10 名学生。这些课程以 1 到 3 人的小组形式在指定的轮换中进行一次。S&R 会议包括许多基于 S&R 手册的主题。课程结束后，两个小组同时获得了一份包含 10 个问题的基于知识的测验的硬拷贝。APPE 学生的 S&R 知识通过测验评分进行评估。

结果：

对照组平均为 49% ± 4.58，干预组平均为 71.5% ± 5.77。使用SPSS软件进行统计分析。根据独立样本t检验，参加 S&R 课程的学生的测验分数显着提高。

结论：

与对照组相比，S&R 课程帮助学术 APPE 学生获得有关 S&R 的知识。学生们还认为 S&R 课程增加了他们对 S&R 的兴趣。