Immunization training for pharmacy students: a student-centered evaluation
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
; 19(3)jul.- sep. 2021. ilus, tab
Article
in English
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| ID: ibc-225584
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Persistent and emerging public health challenges mean Pharmacy students require training in immunization services. Curtin University, Australia, integrated blended-delivery immunization training into the final-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) and graduate-entry Master of Pharmacy curricula in 2019 and 2020, utilizing materials licenced from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.Objective:
This study evaluated changes in students attitude, confidence, self-perceived knowledge and self-perceived skills pre- and post-training delivered in 2020.Methods:
Pre- and post-training questionnaires featured 42 opinion statements grouped under headings Attitudes, Confidence, Self-Perceived Knowledge and Self-Perceived Skills, and answered using five-point Likert scales (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). Completed pre- and post-training questionnaires were matched using respondent-generated codes. Data were subjected to descriptive and multivariate regression analysis to test pre-post changes and associations and changes in mean scores.Results:
128 (95.5%) and 132 (98.5%) students completed the pre- and post-training questionnaires, respectively. Immunization training resulted in significant (p<0.05) improvement in students mean Confidence score (3.33 vs 3.96), Self-Perceived Knowledge score (3.08 vs 4.47) and Self-Perceived Skills score (2.81 vs 4.55). Improvement in students mean Attitude score was also statistically significant (4.45 vs 4.61), yet more positively skewed pre-training. No significant pre-post differences were found between the Bachelor and Master students. Post-training, all respondents agreed that the training program increased their attitude, confidence, perceived knowledge and perceived skills, rating the training experience as either Excellent (91.6%) or Good (8.4%) (AU)
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National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Students, Pharmacy
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Immunization
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Education, Pharmacy
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet)
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Curtin Medical School/Australia