Location
Georgia
Start Date
16-5-2017 1:00 PM
Description
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) School of Pharmacy launched its first residency program in July 2015 and attained full accreditation by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in April 2017. The residency program offers a required teaching certificate to its residents in addition to its focus on the residents clinical development. The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes of the PCOM Teaching and Learning Curriculum. This program provides its residents training needed to develop their teaching skills by attending mandatory seminars, participating in various teaching experiences (pharmacy practice laboratories, case studies in therapeutics, small and large group didactic teaching) as well as serving as co-preceptors to fourth year Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students. An IRB approved survey was sent to APPE students who completed an Acute Care Medicine learning experience with residents who served as co-preceptors and course evaluations were used to assess resident's teaching skills in required and elective didactic courses. The average results from the survey and course evaluations were used to determine the effectiveness of the PCOM TLC program. The survey included questions related specifically to teaching techniques as well as the qualities of the resident preceptor while the student evaluations utilized standard questions related to direct instruction. The results of the survey showed that residents achieved a score of 4.75/5 points in terms of clinical preceptorship to students and a 4.45 in their classroom teaching. We conclude that the TLC program offered by PCOM to its postgraduate residents provides the proper training through various teaching experiences in developing the skills necessary for residents in both clinical preceptorship and academia. Upon successful completion of the requirements of the TLC program, PGY-1 residents achieve a teaching certificate at the end of their residency year.
Embargo Period
6-26-2017
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pharmacy Practice Residents in Preceptorship and Academia Through a Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Teaching Certificate Program
Georgia
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) School of Pharmacy launched its first residency program in July 2015 and attained full accreditation by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in April 2017. The residency program offers a required teaching certificate to its residents in addition to its focus on the residents clinical development. The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes of the PCOM Teaching and Learning Curriculum. This program provides its residents training needed to develop their teaching skills by attending mandatory seminars, participating in various teaching experiences (pharmacy practice laboratories, case studies in therapeutics, small and large group didactic teaching) as well as serving as co-preceptors to fourth year Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students. An IRB approved survey was sent to APPE students who completed an Acute Care Medicine learning experience with residents who served as co-preceptors and course evaluations were used to assess resident's teaching skills in required and elective didactic courses. The average results from the survey and course evaluations were used to determine the effectiveness of the PCOM TLC program. The survey included questions related specifically to teaching techniques as well as the qualities of the resident preceptor while the student evaluations utilized standard questions related to direct instruction. The results of the survey showed that residents achieved a score of 4.75/5 points in terms of clinical preceptorship to students and a 4.45 in their classroom teaching. We conclude that the TLC program offered by PCOM to its postgraduate residents provides the proper training through various teaching experiences in developing the skills necessary for residents in both clinical preceptorship and academia. Upon successful completion of the requirements of the TLC program, PGY-1 residents achieve a teaching certificate at the end of their residency year.