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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Garrison, Gina D.
• Lubowski, Teresa J.
• Miller, Shannon M.
• Strang, Aimee F.
• Sorum, Paul C.
• Hamilton, Robert A.

Titel

Multi-site Heart Disease Risk Assessment Service Provided by Pharmacy Students

Ist Teil von

• American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2010-04, Vol.74 (3), p.41-41, Article 41

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.