Education Outreach: Raising Awareness of Diabetes and Pharmacy Careers

• 作者: Catherine Santanello Christopher L. Flanigan
• 来源期刊: 药理与制药(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: PHARMACY EDUCATION OUTREACH DIABETES EDUCATION Health LITERACY
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（10）
• 页码范围: 944-949
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Objectives: 1) To demonstrate that education outreach in public schools by students in pharmacy education programs is effective at increasing knowledge of important health topics;2) To assess subject attitude towards pharmacy careers after education outreach. Study: A lecture was constructed providing participants with information about careers in pharmacy, diabetes, and information about health literacy. A multiple choice paper-based quiz covering the presented content both preceded and followed each delivery of the lecture. Increases in post-lecture scores of content-knowledge questions were seen in 10 of 11 questions, which indicated an overall increased knowledge from baseline. An additional question, which gauged student interest in pharmacy careers, showed a 10% increase in those who indicated they considered pharmacy as a career. Conclusions: The lectures, delivered by a student pharmacist, were effective in increasing awareness and knowledge of pharmacy as a career, diabetes as an important health issue, and health literacy as a problem pharmacists and other healthcare providers encounter on a daily basis.