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ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2020

Does Social Desirability Influence Preceptors' Completion of Student Experiential Evaluations?

Matthew A Wanat, Divya A Varkey, Elisabeth M Sulaica, Kelly A Thornton, J Douglas Thornton

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Article in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matthew A WanatUniversity of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas.
Divya A VarkeyUniversity of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas.
Elisabeth M SulaicaUniversity of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas.
Kelly A ThorntonMemorial-Herman Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas.
J Douglas ThorntonUniversity of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many variables influence a preceptor's experiential evaluation of a pharmacy learner. However, the impact of social desirability bias, or the measure of an individual's need for social approval, and its impact on the truthfulness of an evaluation is not well understood. Social desirability may present a barrier to students receiving accurate and truthful evaluations. Differences in the effect of social desirability may be seen between full-time faculty and non-faculty preceptors. Colleges of pharmacy should work to support preceptors by providing professional development, standardizing evaluation processes, and ensuring two-way communication. Additionally, a social desirability measure could be used for each preceptor and used by the experiential team to identify preceptors potentially in need of additional development. Future studies should evaluate the effect of social desirability on how preceptors complete evaluations, and propose methods to mitigate this form of bias in the evaluation process.

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Education, PharmacyPreceptorshipSocial DesirabilityEmpowermentFaculty, PharmacyHumansStudents, Pharmacyevaluationsexperiential educationpreceptor developmentsocial desirability

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PMID33012802
PMCPMC7523664

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