title: A week-long diabetes simulation for pharmacy students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess students' attitudes and confidence about type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetes self-management education before and after participation in Living With Diabetes Week simulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Third-year pharmacy students took part in diabetes lectures, interactive laboratory sessions, and a week-long simulation of life as a patient with diabetes in the Clinical Assessment course. Pre-/postintervention survey instruments and experimental and control group comparisons were completed assessing attitudes and confidence relating to knowledge about diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The understanding that diabetes has a psychosocial impact, patient autonomy is necessary, and the seriousness of the disease increased. Students' confidence in their diabetes self-management education skills also increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Living With Diabetes Week simulation changed pharmacy students' attitudes toward patients with diabetes and increased confidence in diabetes education skills.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delea
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrader
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D058015:Health Communication; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D013022:South Carolina; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires