Bridging Between Pharmacy Education and Practice: Implementation and Evaluation of Students' Patient Counseling Skills
1. Lamiaa R. Abdelalim
fourth year student
Faculty of Pharmacy Alexandria University
Bridging Between Pharmacy
Education and Practice:
Implementation and Evaluation
of Students’ Patient Counseling
Skills
2. Outlines
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Background
Objective
Method
Results
Conclusion
Limitations
Future Recommendations
4. » patient compliance
» drug-related problems.
Patwardhan A. et al, Population Health Management 2012;15:157–162
Katoue, MG. and Al Haqan A. Med Princ Pract. 2013;22(5):489-94
Mackellar A. American Journal of Pharmaceutical education 2007; 71(3)
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Background
5. Patient counseling sessions are not formally
integrated in the curriculum, despite the
presence of informal trials
» Students activities
» Syndicate of Pharmacists
» Professional pharmacy association
Background
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7. Objective
Designing a pilot program to implement and
evaluate pharmacy students’ patient
counseling/education skills for diabetes
and asthma diseases as models.
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8. Method
• an interactive patient counseling
session.
• Asthma / Diabetes education
sessions
• a pre and post written and a role-play
exam, evaluated by educators
Written & role-play
exam
(Institution exams)
• Counseling real patients in both
hospital and community pharmacy
setting
• Evaluation by preceptors and patients
Real Patients
Counseling
(Summer training and
preceptor evaluation)
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10. Several forms and
evaluation rubrics
were developed and
validated
Method
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16. Results
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pre- and post workshop knowledge questionnaire scores
were 66.4±16.8 and 82.5±10 respectively, and the
difference was(16%) statistically significant
(p <0.05).
59±12%
17. Conclusion
The workshop successfully enhanced the
knowledge and communication skills of the
students and increased patients’ satisfaction.
Inclusion of students’ self-assessment and
patient evaluation should be encouraged in
pharmacy educational programs.
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18. Limitations
to workshop
attendance and training.
in real practice was lower
than that expected during the planned time
frame.
and low previously
received education.
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Acknowledgement
supervisor
Dalia A. Hamdy, PhD
Research team
• Hadeer M. Soudan,
• Hadeer A. El Zarka,
• Noura K. Mohamed
• Ahmed F. El-Yazbi, PhD
AADP (Association of Applying and Developing
Pharmacy)
Nahla H. Kandil, MSc.
Dalia Yehia PharmD
Ragia Awad PharmD
Engy Hassan, PharmD
Dalia Yehia PharmD
Ragia Awad PharmD
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Alexandria Syndicate of
Pharmacists
• Nourhan Farouk, PharmD
Faculty of Pharmacy –Alexandria University
• Dr.Mohamed Abou-shoer
• Dr. Amal Elkamel
• Dr. Adnan Bekhit
• Dr. Nawal Khalaf Allah
• Dr. Labiba El-Khardagui
• Dr. AbdelAziz Saleh
• Dr. Alyaa Ramadan