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ArticleCurrents in pharmacy teaching & learning2020

Teaching research skills to student pharmacists: A multi-campus, multi-semester applied critical care research elective.

Susan E Smith, Andrea Sikora Newsome, W Anthony Hawkins, Christopher M Bland, Trisha N Branan

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Article in Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluation of Research and Scholarship Activities with a Pediatric Curricular Track in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susan E SmithUniversity of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, 250 West Green Street, R.C. Wilson Building, Room 270E, Athens GA 30602, United States. Electronic address: susan.smith@uga.edu.
Andrea Sikora NewsomeUniversity of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
W Anthony HawkinsUniversity of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Albany, Georgia, United States; Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albany, Georgia, United States.
Christopher M BlandUniversity of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Savannah, Georgia, United States.
Trisha N BrananUniversity of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, 250 West Green Street, R.C. Wilson Building, Room 270E, Athens GA 30602, United States.
Georgia College & State University · USUniversity of Georgia · USAugusta University · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002381 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HENRY M BLUMBERG, Anandi Nayan Sheth · 2017 to 2026
$14.1M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002381NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeResearch electives are commonly offered in doctor of pharmacy programs but are typically limited to one faculty member mentoring individual students at a single site for a semester long self-study experience. The purpose of this paper is to describe pharmacy student experiences and perceptions of the research process after completing a multi-campus, multi-investigator critical care research elective. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND

settingThe Research in Critical Care Pharmacotherapy elective was launched in spring 2019 and implemented a novel approach to the pharmacy research elective that promoted collaborative research across four campuses that may be continued for up to four semesters of credit.

findingsSix second- and third-year doctor of pharmacy students enrolled in the course during the first offering. Three students were located on the main campus with one student on each of the extended campuses. Students completed a median of five unique research activities with at least one student participating in 15 of the 19 activities evaluated. Students were asked to complete a pre- and post-course survey assessing perceived research abilities using the Dreyfus model. There was a significant decrease in the number of novice responses in the post-course survey (pre- 10 vs. post- 2, p = 0.043). SUMMARY: A multi-campus, multi-investigator critical care research elective provided broad research experiences and increased student confidence related to numerous research skills.

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Critical CareCurriculumEducational MeasurementGeorgiaHumansResearchStudents, PharmacyCollaborationCritical careLayered learningPharmacy educationResearch

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PMID32482278
PMCPMC7999379
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