RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Insights From the Defining Issues Test on Moral Reasoning Competencies Development in Community Pharmacists
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 5913
DO 10.5688/ajpe5913
VO 81
IS 8
A1 Cicely Roche
A1 Steve Thoma
YR 2017
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/81/8/5913.abstract
AB Objective. To investigate whether a profession-specific educational intervention affected the development of moral reasoning competencies in community pharmacists, as measured by the Defining Issues Test (DIT2).Methods. This research used a repeated measures pre-post educational intervention design as a quasi-randomized, controlled, crossover study to evaluate changes in the moral reasoning scores of 27 volunteer community pharmacists in Ireland.Results. Changes in pharmacists’ moral reasoning competencies development, as reported by P-Scores and N2-Scores, were found to be significant. In addition, interaction effects were observed between developmental scores on the DIT2 and whether participants were determined to be consolidated in their reasoning pre- and post-engagement with the educational intervention.Conclusion. Short profession-specific educational interventions have the potential to positively affect the development of moral reasoning competencies of community pharmacists.