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Linn BA, Burton SJ, Shepler BM. Integrating parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for pharmacy professionals into a career development lab. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2017;9(2):311-316doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023.
Linn, B. A., Burton, S. J., & Shepler, B. M. (2017). Integrating parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for pharmacy professionals into a career development lab. Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning, 9(2), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023
Linn, Brooke A, et al. "Integrating parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for pharmacy professionals into a career development lab." Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning vol. 9,2 (2017): 311-316. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023
Linn BA, Burton SJ, Shepler BM. Integrating parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for pharmacy professionals into a career development lab. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2017 Mar - Apr;9(2):311-316. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023. Epub 2017 Jan 30. PMID: 29233418.
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Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2017 Mar - Apr;9(2):311-316. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Integrating parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for pharmacy professionals into a career development lab.

Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning

Brooke A Linn, Samantha J Burton, Brian M Shepler

Affiliations

  1. Indiana University School of Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. Experiential Education, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29233418 DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2016.11.023

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To use parts of the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for Pharmacy Professionals in a career development laboratory designed to provide students with relevant information that will help them prepare for successful careers across the profession of pharmacy.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND SETTING: Students enrolled in the second professional year of pharmacy school participated in an interactive three-hour career development laboratory. Students completed the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for Pharmacy Professionals Online Assessment Tool prior to the laboratory. In class, the students were randomized into eight groups. Two career profiles were assigned to each group for discussion during a thirty-minute brainstorming session. The groups reported their knowledge for each career profile to the entire class, and the instructors supplemented the discussion with details and more specific information about each profile.

FINDINGS: Two years of data were collected (n=300 students). One hundred and twenty four (41.3%) students responded to the voluntary post-laboratory survey questions. Overall, students rated the career pathway activities favorably with an average score of 8.13 out of 10. After participation in the discussion, 74 (59.7%) respondents indicated their career interests had been impacted.

SUMMARY: This career development laboratory is one example of how the APhA Career Pathway Evaluation Program for Pharmacy Professionals can be effectively incorporated into the PharmD curriculum in order to help students explore the various career options they might not have otherwise discovered on their own.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: APhA Career Pathways; Career development; Career exploration

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