PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Happe, Laura E.
AU  - Walker, Desiree’
TI  - Using Grey Literature to Prepare Pharmacy Students for an Evolving Healthcare Delivery System
AID  - 10.5688/ajpe77482
DP  - 2013 May 13
TA  - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
PG  - 82
VI  - 77
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/77/4/82.short
4100  - http://www.ajpe.org/content/77/4/82.full
SO  - Am J Pharm Educ2013 May 13; 77
AB  - Objectives. To assess the impact of using “grey literature” (information internally produced in print or electronic format by agencies such as hospitals, government, businesses, etc) rather than a textbook in a course on healthcare delivery systems on students’ perception of the relevance of healthcare delivery system topics and their ability to identify credible sources of this information.Design. A reading from the grey literature was identified and assigned to the students for each topic in the course.Assessment. Pre- and post-course survey instruments were used for the assessment. Students reported healthcare delivery systems topics to be moderately relevant to the profession of pharmacy on both the pre- and post-course survey instruments. Students’ knowledge of current and credible sources of information on healthcare delivery system topics significantly improved based on self-reports and scores on objective assessments (p<0.05).Conclusions. Assignment of grey literature in a course on healthcare delivery systems can be used to ensure that information in the pharmacy school curriculum is the most current and credible information available.