Developing, piloting and evaluating a Medicines Safety School Programme to be delivered by student pharmacists.

Tonna, Antonella; Arnold, Amy; Brown, Aly; Depasquale, Clare

Abstract

The aim of this research was to develop the content, pilot delivery and evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative Medicines Safety School Programme delivered by student pharmacists to primary school pupils. With the transition of healthcare to a more person centred approach, various pedagogical approaches, including peer education, have been identified to improve student pharmacists' communication skills. Defined as "sharing of information, attitude or behaviour by people who are not professionally trained educators, but who's goal is to educate peer education benefits both educators and learners (Aburahma and Mohamed 2017). To widen and enhance the educational experiences of student pharmacists, an opportunity was identified to develop an innovative role emerging placement (Depasquale et al. 2021).

Citation

TONNA, A.P., ARNOLD, A., BROWN, A. and DEPASQUALE, C. 2023. Developing, piloting and evaluating a Medicines Safety School Programme to be delivered by student pharmacists. Poster presented at the 2023 NES (NHS education for Scotland) annual virtual conference: collaboration for improvement, 27-28 April 2023, [virtual conference].

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: 2023 NES (NHS education for Scotland) annual virtual conference: collaboration for improvement
• Start Date: Apr 27, 2023
• End Date: Apr 28, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Person-centred approaches; Pedagogical approaches; Pharmacists communications skills; Medicines safety school program; Primary school pupils
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2217581