title: Elective course on medication therapy management services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of active-learning strategies in a medication therapy management (MTM) elective on pharmacy students' preparedness to participate in real-life MTM counseling sessions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The elective included active-learning assignments such as patient cases, group discussions, role playing, and use of actual patients to prepare students for MTM services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A survey was administered before (week 11) and after (week 15) completing a face-to-face comprehensive medication review (CMR) to evaluate achievement of course objectives and students' preparedness to participate in MTM. In the pre-CMR survey, 66.7% of the students strongly agreed that the course prepared them to provide MTM services. In the post-CMR survey, 88.9% of the students strongly agreed (p = 0.046).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The active-learning strategies used in the MTM elective course provided students with the skills necessary to participate in MTM counseling sessions. Face-to-face CMRs better prepared pharmacy students to provide MTM services.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: Patricia H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sterrett
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D054539:Medication Therapy Management / Q000193:education*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*