title: An advanced pharmacy practice experience in sports pharmacy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish and evaluate an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in sports pharmacy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students actively participated in a variety of activities for this new 6-week elective APPE, including drug-testing collections, delivering presentations, and providing drug information. Students also learned about assays, compounding, and dispensing medications specifically for athletes, and visited various athletic medical facilities. Student were given written and practical certification examinations for drug-testing collections, and their specimen measurements were compared to those obtained by the testing laboratory for validation; satisfaction surveys were obtained from testing sites; and presentation evaluations were obtained from audience participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students were able to accurately measure pH and specific gravity of urine samples and all students passed the certification examination. Students rated the APPE very high. Also, students received high satisfaction ratings on surveys administered to the officials of the schools where they tested and members of the groups to whom they gave presentations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students gained experience and insight into the various roles of pharmacists in sports pharmacy and developed confidence in their ability to conduct drug-testing collections.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of California - San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ambrose
mesh_terms: D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D024382:Professional Role; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000193:education*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods