Pharmacy, Health Sciences & Exercise Science
Butler University Student Attitudes Toward People in Poverty: Effectiveness of an Online Simulation with Lecture for Changing Student Attitudes Towards People in Poverty
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Subject Area
Pharmacy, Health Sciences & Exercise Science
Start Date
11-4-2014 8:30 AM
End Date
11-4-2014 10:00 AM
Sponsor
Carriann Smith (Butler University)
Description
Background: Poverty affects an individual's overall well-being and student pharmacist's need to know how to help those in poverty. Online poverty simulations will be used and assessed to determine attitudes and relationships between student pharmacists and the impoverished.
Study Objective: Describe baseline attitudes towards people in poverty amongst Butler University P1 students. Examine efficacy of an online simulation and two lectures on influencing student attitudes towards the impoverished.
Methods: Butler University students will complete a pre-simulation survey regarding their attitudes toward people living in poverty. All students will: 1) receive a lecture on health care stigma, 2) play the online playspent game using playspent.org during class, 3) receive a lecture on medication options for low income patients. This lecture will include items such as manufacturer assistance programs, retail discount programs, and physician dispensing. Then, a post-simulation survey will be used to assess attitude changes. Data gathered will be statistically analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the poverty simulation and lectures in this student population.
Significance: The Accreditation Counsel on Pharmacy Education (ACPE) requires pharmacists to realize potential poverty barriers and how to overcome them. These study simulations will enable these students to meet this requirement. Therefore, future Butler University pharmacists should be better prepared to empathize with and assist those with low incomes if the information learned from this study can be applied to Butler University's curriculum.
Butler University Student Attitudes Toward People in Poverty: Effectiveness of an Online Simulation with Lecture for Changing Student Attitudes Towards People in Poverty
Indianapolis, IN
Background: Poverty affects an individual's overall well-being and student pharmacist's need to know how to help those in poverty. Online poverty simulations will be used and assessed to determine attitudes and relationships between student pharmacists and the impoverished.
Study Objective: Describe baseline attitudes towards people in poverty amongst Butler University P1 students. Examine efficacy of an online simulation and two lectures on influencing student attitudes towards the impoverished.
Methods: Butler University students will complete a pre-simulation survey regarding their attitudes toward people living in poverty. All students will: 1) receive a lecture on health care stigma, 2) play the online playspent game using playspent.org during class, 3) receive a lecture on medication options for low income patients. This lecture will include items such as manufacturer assistance programs, retail discount programs, and physician dispensing. Then, a post-simulation survey will be used to assess attitude changes. Data gathered will be statistically analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the poverty simulation and lectures in this student population.
Significance: The Accreditation Counsel on Pharmacy Education (ACPE) requires pharmacists to realize potential poverty barriers and how to overcome them. These study simulations will enable these students to meet this requirement. Therefore, future Butler University pharmacists should be better prepared to empathize with and assist those with low incomes if the information learned from this study can be applied to Butler University's curriculum.