Objective: The aim of the current study is to assess the attitudes and perceptions of medical and pharmacy students regarding physician-pharmacist collaboration before and after participating in an interprofessional, global health elective and medical brigade. Methods: Twenty-nine medical and pharmacy students were selected to participate in one of four interprofessional global health brigades in June and July 2013 and 43 students were selected to participate in June and July 2014 through the Virginia Commonwealth University Humanitarian Outreach Medical Brigade Relief Effort. Prior to traveling, student participants were required to enroll in a 1-credit global health elective. Students were contacted via e-mail to complete surveys regarding perceptions of physician-pharmacist collaboration both before and after trip completion. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS. Results: Pre- and post-trip surveys for 12 students were completed between May and August 2013. Median (interquartile range) scores for the Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration (SATP2C) before and after the trip were 50 (48, 61) and 62.5 (61, 64), respectively. Wilcoxon signed rank test revealed a statistically significant difference of 7.34 points (95% confidence interval, 3.75, 11.09; P = 0.005). The majority of the students surveyed (91.7%) indicated they would participate in such a trip again. Overall, there was an increase in the positive perceptions of physician-pharmacist collaboration. Analysis of responses from before and after the 2014 trips is in progress.
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Jafari, N., Peron, E., Phipps, L., & Mack, D. (2015). The effect of an interprofessional, global health elective and medical brigade on medical and pharmacy students’ attitudes and perceptions of physician-pharmacist collaboration. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 55(2), e258–e259. Retrieved from https://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&id=L71971175&from=export
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