Swedish Students' and Preceptors' Perceptions of What Students Learn in a Six-month Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Overview

Journal Am J Pharm Educ

Specialty Medical Education

Date 2012 Feb 21

PMID 22345716

Citations 4

Authors

Andy Wallman

Sofia Kalvemark Sporrong

Maria Gustavsson

Asa Kettis Lindblad

Markus Johansson

Lena Ring

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Abstract

Objective: To identify what pharmacy students learn during the 6-month advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in Sweden.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 pharmacy APPE students and 17 pharmacist preceptors and analyzed in a qualitative directed content analysis using a defined workplace learning typology for categories.

Results: The Swedish APPE provides students with task performance skills for work at pharmacies and social and professional knowledge, such as teamwork, how to learn while in a work setting, self-evaluation, understanding of the pharmacist role, and decision making and problem solving skills. Many of these skills and knowledge are not accounted for in the curricula in Sweden. Using a workplace learning typology to identify learning outcomes, as in this study, could be useful for curricula development.

Conclusions: Exploring the learning that takes place during the APPE in a pharmacy revealed a broad range of skills and knowledge that students acquire.

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