American journal of pharmaceutical education
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Comparative Study
Use and views on social networking sites of pharmacy students in the United kingdom.
Objective. To investigate students' use and views on social networking sites and assess differences in attitudes between genders and years in the program. Methods. ⋯ Conclusions. A high level of social networking use and potentially inappropriate attitudes towards professionalism were found among pharmacy students. Further training may be useful to ensure pharmacy students are aware of how to apply codes of conduct when using social networking sites.
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Comparative Study
Pharmacists' expectations for entry-level practitioner competency.
Objective. To determine if defined subgroups of pharmacists' have variability in their expectations for competency of entry-level practitioners. Methods. ⋯ Pharmacists exhibited a fair amount of agreement in their expectations for the competence of entry-level practitioners independent of their practice sites and professional roles. As the pharmacy profession embraces patient-centered clinical practice, evaluating practicing pharmacists' expectations for entry-level practitioners will provide useful information to the practitioners and academicians involved in training future pharmacists. Stakeholders in pharmacy education and regulation have vested interests in the alignment of the education of future practitioners with the needs of the profession.
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Objectives. To evaluate hospital and outpatient pharmacists' pharmacogenomics knowledge before and 2 months after participating in a targeted, case-based pharmacogenomics continuing education program. Design. ⋯ Conclusions. Although pharmacists demonstrated improvement, overall retention of educational goals and objectives was marginal. These results suggest that the complex topic of pharmacogenomics requires a large educational effort in order to increase pharmacists' knowledge and comfort level with this emerging therapeutic opportunity.