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ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2022

Evaluating a Skills Laboratory Curriculum to Determine the Essential Skills for Pharmacy Students to Learn.

Andrea L Porter, Kimberly C McKeirnan, Michelle M Bottenberg

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Article in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2022. 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

3 authors.

Andrea L PorterUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, Wisconsin andrea.porter@wisc.edu.
Kimberly C McKeirnanWashington State University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Spokane, Washington.
Michelle M BottenbergDrake University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The profession of pharmacy is complex and diverse, encompassing a wide range of necessary practice skills. Decisions regarding which skills are essential for students are made by faculty of skills-based laboratory courses, who also determine how these skills are taught and assessed. This commentary aims to further the discussion regarding how the essential skills taught and assessed in skills laboratory curricula are identified, with the intention of preparing student pharmacists for both current and future pharmacy practice. Guidance on essential skills is provided by various organizations and documents, but ultimately each institution has the autonomy to decide what to teach. As such, this piece discusses the importance of frequent curriculum evaluation to determine how to train pharmacists of the future so they will practice at the top of their license rather than simply meet competency with historical skills.

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Education, PharmacyStudents, PharmacyCurriculumFacultyHumansPharmacistscurricular assessmentessential skillslaboratory instructionpatient careskills-based course

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PMID34697022
PMCPMC10159430

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