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1308. Predictors of Career Interest in Infectious Diseases Among US Pharmacy Students

BACKGROUND: Pharmacists have a central role in infectious diseases (ID) and antibiotic stewardship efforts across multiple healthcare settings. The demand for pharmacist to fill ID and stewardship-related careers will likely increase as institutions create antibiotic stewardship programs in response...

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Autores principales: Jeffres, Meghan, Biehle, Lauren, Macdougall, Conan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252451/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1141
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description BACKGROUND: Pharmacists have a central role in infectious diseases (ID) and antibiotic stewardship efforts across multiple healthcare settings. The demand for pharmacist to fill ID and stewardship-related careers will likely increase as institutions create antibiotic stewardship programs in response to the 2016 Joint Commission standard. The objective of this study was to compare students’ perceptions of their school’s ID curriculum between students interested in an ID career and those who are not. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study of students graduating from US pharmacy schools was conducted in September 2017. Students received the survey link from the ID faculty at participating schools. RESULTS: Five hundred thirty-seven students from 28 pharmacy schools completed surveys. Quality of ID didactic education was rated as Very Good by 220 (41%), Good by 219 (40%), Acceptable by 76 (14%), and Poor by 22 (4%) respondents. The most common career interests were ambulatory care (44%), community practice (38%), and infectious diseases (29%). The most common preferred practice settings for students with an interest in ID (n = 157) were inpatient/hospital (86%), inpatient stewardship (70%), and inpatient ID consult service (66%). Differences in responses about didactic ID education between students interested in an ID career and those not interested included: perception of education as Very Good (52% vs. 37%, P = 0.005), faculty providing handouts and/or worksheets (89% vs. 82%, P = 0.009), and the desire for more time allocated to antibiotic stewardship (47% vs. 31%, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression found variables to be predictive of pharmacy student interest in an ID career including: pharmacy school curriculum (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.5–4.0), perception of a Very Good didactic ID education (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0–2.3), and faculty mentor(s) (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2–2.7). CONCLUSION: Pharmacy students expressing interest in ID as a career had positive views of their didactic ID education, were more likely to report faculty mentorship, and desired more time for antibiotic stewardship in the curriculum. These results can inform efforts to encourage pharmacy students to pursue careers in ID. DISCLOSURES: All authors: No reported disclosures.
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spelling pubmed-62524512018-11-28 1308. Predictors of Career Interest in Infectious Diseases Among US Pharmacy Students Jeffres, Meghan Biehle, Lauren Macdougall, Conan Open Forum Infect Dis Abstracts BACKGROUND: Pharmacists have a central role in infectious diseases (ID) and antibiotic stewardship efforts across multiple healthcare settings. The demand for pharmacist to fill ID and stewardship-related careers will likely increase as institutions create antibiotic stewardship programs in response to the 2016 Joint Commission standard. The objective of this study was to compare students’ perceptions of their school’s ID curriculum between students interested in an ID career and those who are not. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey study of students graduating from US pharmacy schools was conducted in September 2017. Students received the survey link from the ID faculty at participating schools. RESULTS: Five hundred thirty-seven students from 28 pharmacy schools completed surveys. Quality of ID didactic education was rated as Very Good by 220 (41%), Good by 219 (40%), Acceptable by 76 (14%), and Poor by 22 (4%) respondents. The most common career interests were ambulatory care (44%), community practice (38%), and infectious diseases (29%). The most common preferred practice settings for students with an interest in ID (n = 157) were inpatient/hospital (86%), inpatient stewardship (70%), and inpatient ID consult service (66%). Differences in responses about didactic ID education between students interested in an ID career and those not interested included: perception of education as Very Good (52% vs. 37%, P = 0.005), faculty providing handouts and/or worksheets (89% vs. 82%, P = 0.009), and the desire for more time allocated to antibiotic stewardship (47% vs. 31%, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression found variables to be predictive of pharmacy student interest in an ID career including: pharmacy school curriculum (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.5–4.0), perception of a Very Good didactic ID education (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0–2.3), and faculty mentor(s) (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2–2.7). CONCLUSION: Pharmacy students expressing interest in ID as a career had positive views of their didactic ID education, were more likely to report faculty mentorship, and desired more time for antibiotic stewardship in the curriculum. These results can inform efforts to encourage pharmacy students to pursue careers in ID. DISCLOSURES: All authors: No reported disclosures. Oxford University Press 2018-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6252451/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1141 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1141
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