Multi-site heart disease risk assessment service provided by pharmacy students.
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.
Garrison
Gina D
GD
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, NY, USA. gina.garrison@acphs.edu
Lubowski
Teresa J
TJ
Miller
Shannon M
SM
Strang
Aimee F
AF
Sorum
Paul C
PC
Hamilton
Robert A
RA
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