title: A summer pharmacy camp for high school students as a pharmacy student recruitment tool.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effectiveness of a summer pharmacy camp on participants' pursuit of enrollment in doctor of pharmacy degree programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  All participants (n = 135) in a pharmacy camp at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy from 2007-2010 were invited to complete an anonymous online survey instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-three students completed the survey instrument (54% response rate). Ninety-six percent of pharmacy camp participants said that they would recommend pharmacy camp to a friend, and 76% planned to apply or had applied to doctor of pharmacy degree program. Seven of the camp participants had enrolled in the UAMS College of Pharmacy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pharmacy summer camp at UAMS is effective in maintaining high school students' interest in the profession of pharmacy. Continued use of the pharmacy camp program as a recruitment tool is warranted; however, additional research on this topic is needed.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
authors.forename: Tristan L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Renee M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: DeHart
authors.forename: Eddie B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Stephanie F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010604:Pharmacy; D013334:Students