"The Impact of an Immunization Training Certificate Program on the Perc" by Zachary A. Marcum, Carrie M. Maffeo et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Publication Title

Pharmacy Practice

First Page

103

Last Page

108

Additional Publication URL

http://www.pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/issue/view/11/showToc

Abstract

Objective: To assess the impact of a national immunization training certificate program on the perceived knowledge, skills and attitudes of pharmacy students toward pharmacy-based immunizations.

Methods: The study design utilized a pre- and post- survey administered to pharmacy students before and after the American Pharmacists Association’s (APhA) Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery program. The primary outcome explored was a change in the perceived knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the pharmacy students. A five-point Likert scale (i.e. strongly agree = 5, strongly disagree = 1) was used for measuring the main outcomes, which was summated by adding the individual item scores in each section to form a composite score for each outcome.

Results: The certificate training program resulted in a significant improvement in knowledge (38.5% increase in score, p<0.001) and skills (34.5% increase in score, p<0.001), but not attitudes (1% increase in score, p=0.210).

Conclusions: The national immunization training certificate program had a positive impact on the perceived knowledge and skills of pharmacy students. However, no change was observed regarding students’ perceived attitudes toward pharmacy-based immunizations.

Rights

Originally published under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 License in Pharmacy Practice, 2010, Volume 8, Issue 2.

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