Analysis of Laboratory Skills Curricula Surrounding Professional Identity Formation in Doctor of Pharmacy Students

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe how laboratory curricula in 6 pharmacy programs provides student pharmacist experiences to develop professional identity formation and explore personal identities.

METHODS: Learning objectives for courses with laboratory components were independently reviewed and then reconciled to identify the associated historical professional identities, professional domains, and associated with personal identity from 6 pharmacy programs. Counts and frequencies for historical professional identities, domains, and personal identity associations were obtained by program and overall.

RESULTS: Thirty-eight (2.0%) unique objectives were associated with personal identity. The most identified historical professional identity was healthcare provider (42.9%), followed by dispenser (21.7%). The highest professional domain identified was prepare/dispense/provide medications (28.8%) followed by communicate/counsel/educate (17.5%).

CONCLUSION: Discordance between the historical identities and professional domains covered in the laboratory curricula was identified in this analysis. The prevalence of the "health care provider" professional identity in the laboratory curricula likely mimics what is currently seen in practice, but most lab activities fell under the domain of preparing and dispensing medication which may not be considered a component of healthcare provider professional identity. Going forward, educators must be intentional in the experiences we provide to students to help foster their professional and personal identity. Future research is needed to identify if this discordance is present in other classes along with research to identify intentional activities that can be incorporated to foster professional identity formation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:87

Enthalten in:

American journal of pharmaceutical education - 87(2023), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 100564

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esposo, Lee Roy A [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Mary S [VerfasserIn]
Peddi, Apryl N [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Kristen [VerfasserIn]
Haggerty, Lauren C [VerfasserIn]
Vandervoort, Lisa M [VerfasserIn]
Willson, Megan N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Curriculum
Journal Article
Personal identity formation
Professional identity formation
Skills laboratory

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Date Completed 03.11.2023

Date Revised 09.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100564

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35901092X