title: The impact of pharmacy students' remediation status on NAPLEX first-time pass rates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether there is a difference in pass rates on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) between students who did and did not require remediation for deficient course grades.
  
  
  METHODS
  Student-specific data were collected regarding course grade deficiencies and completion of a comprehensive examination or course for remediation. Student-specific first-time NAPLEX performance data for the graduating classes of 2008, 2009, and 2011were provided by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant difference was found in first-time NAPLEX mean pass rates between students who did not need to undergo remediation versus those who did ( 97% vs 70%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students requiring remediation for deficient course grades had a lower pass rate on the NAPLEX compared with those who did not require remediation. The difference can be attributed to several factors and therefore further study is needed.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA 16509, USA. mmadden@lecom.edu
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Etzler
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schweiger
authors.forename: Hershey S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008009:Licensure, Pharmacy / Q000592:standards*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D014481:United States