title: Multi-site heart disease risk assessment service provided by pharmacy students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a pharmacy student service focused on patient coronary heart disease (CHD) risk assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourth-year pharmacy students offered a CHD risk assessment service at 5 physicians' offices as part of ambulatory care advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Patient acceptance of the service was assessed using a satisfaction survey instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-seven students educated 311 patients about CHD risk. Of the 258 patients who completed the satisfaction survey, 245 (95%) reported that the service was helpful in understanding CHD risk, and 79 (31%) learned of a personal CHD risk factor of which they were not previously aware. Student knowledge was assessed using a multiple-choice pretest and posttest focused on CHD knowledge recall. Students' test scores improved from pretest to posttest (mean 51.6 % +/- 1.1 vs. 64. 8% +/- 1.0. respectively; p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A CHD risk assessment service provided by APPE students in ambulatory care settings was educational for both students and patients.
authors.affiliation: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, NY, USA. gina.garrison@acphs.edu
authors.forename: Gina D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: Teresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lubowski
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Aimee F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Strang
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sorum
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013339:Students, Pharmacy