RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multi-site Heart Disease Risk Assessment Service Provided by Pharmacy Students
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 41
DO 10.5688/aj740341
VO 74
IS 3
A1 Gina D. Garrison
A1 Teresa J. Lubowski
A1 Shannon M. Miller
A1 Aimee F. Strang
A1 Paul C. Sorum
A1 Robert A. Hamilton
YR 2010
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/74/3/41.abstract
AB Objective. To evaluate a pharmacy student service focused on patient coronary heart disease (CHD) risk assessment.Design. Fourth-year pharmacy students offered a CHD risk assessment service at 5 physicians' offices as part of ambulatory care advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Patient acceptance of the service was assessed using a satisfaction survey instrument.Assessment. Fifty-seven students educated 311 patients about CHD risk. Of the 258 patients who completed the satisfaction survey, 245 (95%) reported that the service was helpful in understanding CHD risk, and 79 (31%) learned of a personal CHD risk factor of which they were not previously aware. Student knowledge was assessed using a multiple-choice pretest and posttest focused on CHD knowledge recall. Students' test scores improved from pretest to posttest (mean 51.6 % ± 1.1 vs. 64. 8% ± 1.0. respectively; p = 0.01).Conclusions. A CHD risk assessment service provided by APPE students in ambulatory care settings was educational for both students and patients.