A Comparison of the Satisfaction and Evaluation of Hospital Pharmacy Practice Experience between Pharmacy Students and Preceptors

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed a questionnaire to determine student satisfaction regarding the training duringhospital pharmacy practice. This study was conducted to evaluate the learnings during the hospital pharmacy practicecourse undertaken by students (n=33) enrolled at the Gyeongsang National University (GNU) College of Pharmacy in2019. Moreover, we evaluated the apprenticeship of preceptors (n=29) with respect to the practical achievement of studentswho completed the hospital pharmacy practice course. The items in the student survey questionnaire were prepared byreferring to the hospital pharmacy practice manual for preceptors designed by the Korean Association of PharmacyEducation. The survey comprised items of several categories and the results were compared based on the average scoreupon evaluating the performance of each item in these categories. The students gave high scores for parental injectionprescription review and preparation, as well as safety management and outpatient prescription review and dispensing. Foritems of parental injection prescription review and preparation, hospital A received a score of 3.9±0.3 and hospital Creceived 5.0±0.0. For items of safety management outpatient prescription review and dispensing, hospital B received ascore of 4.2±0.8. The students gave low scores in clinical pharmacokinetics practice, with hospital A, hospital B, andhospital C receiving 2.6±0.4, 2.2±0.2, and 3.7±0.9 respectively. The preceptor's evaluation of students showed high scoresfor the compounding and management of medications, with hospital A receiving 4.7±0.1 and hospital B receiving 4.7±0.1. Low scores were received for total parental nutrition practice, with hospital A receiving 3.8±0.6 and hospital B receiving4.5±0.3. Especially, for the subitems of communication with medical teams, and preparing and sending feedback, hospitalA awarded a score of 3.0±0.0, whereas hospital B gave 4.3±0.6 to the students. The results will contribute tounderstanding the quality of hospital pharmacy practice and preparing for the improvement of the program.