Introduction

Although the importance of student wellness has been emphasized across health professions including pharmacy, there is a lack of information on the prevalence of such wellness programs in pharmacy schools. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of student wellness programs in United States (US) schools of pharmacy and to describe their basic structure.

Methods

Deans from the 143 US schools of pharmacy were asked to participate in this study by completing an electronic survey. Institutions with wellness programs were prompted to answer questions related to their program, including who initiated the program, who participated, where wellness principles were taught and incorporated, and what dimensions of wellness were promoted.

Results

Forty-six responses were collected for a response rate of 32.2%. Thirty-four (73.9%) of respondents answered that they had a school wellness program. Similar numbers of private and public schools completed the survey at 24 (52.3%) and 22 (47.8%), respectively. The majority of programs targeted students (97.1%), faculty (79.4%), and staff (76.5%), were initiated by either the office of the dean (73.5%) and/or faculty (58.8%), and were comprised of faculty (88.2%), staff (82.4%), and office of the dean (67.6%). Wellness principles were most often taught and practiced during extracurricular events and didactic courses.

Conclusions

This descriptive, survey-based study provides a snapshot on the current incorporation of wellness initiatives across US schools of pharmacy. Further studies are needed to elucidate best wellness practices within pharmacy academia.

中文翻译：

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全国药学院关于健康举措的流行和描述的调查

介绍

尽管包括药学在内的健康专业都强调了学生健康的重要性，但缺乏关于药学院此类健康计划流行情况的信息。本研究的目的是确定美国 (US) 药学院学生健康计划的流行情况并描述其基本结构。

方法

来自 143 所美国药学院的院长被要求通过完成电子调查来参与这项研究。有健康计划的机构被提示回答与其计划相关的问题，包括谁发起了该计划，谁参与了该计划，在哪里教授和纳入了健康原则，以及促进了哪些方面的健康。

结果

收集了 46 份答复，答复率为 32.2%。三十四 (73.9%) 的受访者回答说他们有学校健康计划。完成调查的私立和公立学校数量相似，分别为 24 所 (52.3%) 和 22 所 (47.8%)。大多数针对学生 (97.1%)、教职员工 (79.4%) 和教职员工 (76.5%) 的计划是由院长办公室 (73.5%) 和/或教职员工 (58.8%) 发起的，由以下人员组成：教职员工 (88.2%)、教职员工 (82.4%) 和院长办公室 (67.6%)。健康原则最常在课外活动和教学课程中教授和实践。

结论

这项描述性的、基于调查的研究提供了美国药学院目前纳入健康计划的概况。需要进一步的研究来阐明药学学术界的最佳健康实践。