PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vyas, Deepti AU - Wombwell, Eric AU - Russell, Erica AU - Caligiuri, Frank TI - High-Fidelity Patient Simulation Series to Supplement Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences AID - 10.5688/aj7409169 DP - 2010 Nov 01 TA - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education PG - 169 VI - 74 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ajpe.org/content/74/9/169.short 4100 - http://www.ajpe.org/content/74/9/169.full SO - Am J Pharm Educ2010 Nov 01; 74 AB - Objective. To introduce a high-fidelity simulation series into a 5-year doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum to demonstrate a hybrid model for introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) delivery.Design. Fourth-year pharmacy students at a satellite campus participated in a 6-week high-fidelity patient simulation series in which small groups of students worked with members of a patient care team to care for patients in the following scenarios: asthma exacerbation, acute decompensated heart failure, and infective endocarditis with a subsequent anaphylactic reaction to the antibiotic. Fourth-year pharmacy students at the main campus who did not participate in the simulation served as a comparator group.Assessment. Students' scores on a knowledge-based post-simulation quiz were significantly higher than scores on the presimulation quiz (p < 0.05). Knowledge retention was significantly higher among the simulation participants than students in the comparator group (p = 0.004). The majority (76%) of students felt more confident “making clinical recommendations to a healthcare provider” after completing the simulation series (p = 0.01).Conclusion. High-fidelity patient simulation is an effective active-learning strategy to augment IPPEs that allows students to apply clinical skills in a realistic but low-risk patient care setting.