Health and Wellness Projects Created by Student Pharmacists during Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences: Exploring the Impact on Professional Development.

ABSTRACT: A curricular expectation of pharmacy educators is to equip students with strategies for the promotion of health and wellness. The impact on student professional development with involvement in such health promotions has been sparsely documented. The specific aim of this project was to explore the impact on student learning and professional development when they create, implement, and reflect upon a Health and Wellness Project (HWP). In 2022-2023, each student completing a Community Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience created and implemented an HWP with the goal of serving as a "health promoter" (205 projects). A multi-method design of quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques was used to analyze the impact of creating/implementing the HWP on students' learning, with a self-deter

SUBMITTER: Briceland LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10801478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature