To examine changes in the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX®) blueprint from 2007 to 2025 and identify trends competencies their alignment with curricular standards. Members of research team created a crosswalk using NAPLEX® as reference year, which they mapped 2007, 2016, 2021 blueprints. The was distributed several other assessment curriculum colleagues at various institutions, both public private, for iterative review revision until consensus reached. same process...

Introduction One of the final tasks for pharmacy graduates to enter practice is passing North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). Given recent national declines in pass rates, programs are making significant investments time and money NAPLEX preparation. The objective characterize structure content required preparation courses. Methods A survey on practices was developed distributed all ACPE-accredited schools. course syllabi were also collected as part this survey. Syllabus...

Pharmacy colleges and schools invest substantial faculty effort financial resources in North America Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX) preparation, including vendor products purported to improve NAPLEX pass rates. The objective of this project was examine preparation program characteristics associated with first-time rates.A national survey investigated which pharmacy provided a formal the 2021/2022 academic year, what students were required use. school unique programs separately analyzed...

<b>Objective.</b> To implement and evaluate a laboratory simulation for teaching difficult patient encounter skills to pharmacy students improve their self-assessed communication abilities in the affective domain. <b>Methods.</b> Twelve scenarios that represented encounters variety of practice settings were developed. All completed self-assessment ability communicate during before after simulations, wrote guided reflection afterward. The impact was evaluated using quantitative qualitative...

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are the latest addition to a list of professional competencies that pharmacy educational organizations support, and accreditation require, for assessment by colleges schools pharmacy.The study's objective is assess use Core EPAs in patient care domain (by practice setting, position, preceptor status) contemporary practice.This survey assessed EPA activities pharmacists practicing North Dakota. The were asked "how many times past 30 days have you...

Critics of the promotion and tenure system contend that may lead to a decline in research productivity ("dead wood phenomena") by those faculty. To assess this perception, we compiled publications grants at time application for promotion, again through 2017 same faculty following and/or tenure.Promotion documents school pharmacy public Midwestern university were assessed. Mean publication rates grant dollars per year member compared group (n=13) pre post-promotion.At associate professor,...

To quantify the use of interprofessional team member (ITM) domain entrustable professional activities (EPAs) by North Dakota pharmacists across practice sites, roles in practice, and preceptor status.Survey methods were used to characterize self-reported frequency with which undertake core EPAs supporting tasks ITM domain. The survey was administered registered practicing (n=990) during fall 2018, 457 (46.1%) responded. After eliminating responses incomplete or missing information, 119...

Given recent discussions in the literature and across Academy about curricular overload calls for tools that aid reducing content, it is important to determine what resources programs are using evaluate content how these used inform change. Thus, objective of this research project describe pharmacy use

Objective: To evaluate the impact of an emergency department simulation on pharmacy students’ interprofessional team skills and attitudes as measured by a novel mixed methods approach. Methods: A simulated encounter was executed teams consisting medical students. Two rounds same were separated short debriefing session facilitated faculty. full, comprehensive occurred after conclusion second round. Pharmacy faculty evaluated students using competency-based checklist each round simulation....

Background: Communicating interprofessionally using the telephone is an essential skill within pharmacy practice. Student pharmacists’ ability to perform this task effectively and efficiently may be hindered by generational changes, social anxiety, very few opportunities practice these skills. Objective: The purpose of study was develop implement a simulation allowing students interprofessional communication assess simulation’s impact on students’ confidence in providing pharmacy-related...

Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are a list of professional tasks that pharmacy educational organizations support, and accreditation encourage, for assessment by colleges schools pharmacy.This manuscript evaluates the perceived frequency performing EPAs in population health promoter (PHP) domain among pharmacists practicing North Dakota.This survey evaluated self-reported EPA activities registered living Dakota. For supporting 6 domains (including PHP domain), respondents were...

Pharmacists are well-positioned to assist patients facing poverty with financial and well-being resource navigation. Pharmacy educators must find avenues for students that foster awareness of applicable challenges encountered by economically disadvantaged patients.

To assess whether students who are admitted to a Doctor of Pharmacy program through different admissions pathways (early assurance vs other pathways) have significantly affective domain competencies, as measured by multiple-mini interview (MMI) evaluations.A secondary analysis existing data was conducted at single pharmacy school in the upper Midwestern U.S. over 3 cycles. The offers 6-year, early admission pathway well more traditional which can be completed 7-8 years. Differences MMI...