“Brown Bag” Simulations to Teach Drug Utilization Review

Objective. To teach drug utilization review (DUR) skills to pharmacy students and assess their abilities and confidence before and after training. Design. Profile reviews and online and live drug-utilization-review activities of increasing difficulty were incorporated into the first (P1), second (P2...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2014-03, Vol.78 (2), p.40-40, Article 40
Main Authors: Castillo, Shana, Begley, Kimberley, Hoie, Eric, Elsasser, Gary, Augustine, Sam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Curriculum
Drug utilization
Drug Utilization Review
Education, Pharmacy
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Instructional Design and Assessment
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
pharmacy skills laboratory
Program Evaluation
Simulation games in education
Students, Pharmacy
Study and teaching
Training
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Summary:Objective. To teach drug utilization review (DUR) skills to pharmacy students and assess their abilities and confidence before and after training. Design. Profile reviews and online and live drug-utilization-review activities of increasing difficulty were incorporated into the first (P1), second (P2), and third (P3) years of the Pharmacy Skills Training Laboratory sequence in a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum. Assessment. An online survey instrument was administered to gauge how comfortable students were with specific DUR skills before and after the activities. Students’ confidence in performing specific DUR skills improved after completing the activities. Conclusion. Profile reviews, as well as online and live medication reviews, gave students numerous opportunities to practice drug utilization review skills throughout the first 3 years of the pharmacy curriculum. Students’ confidence in performing specific drug utilization review skills improved after the activities. Students’ ability to perform the skills also improved as measured with the developed checklist in section V and VI of the Pharmacy Skills Laboratory sequence.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467
DOI:10.5688/ajpe78240