title: Providers' perceptions of student pharmacists on inpatient general medicine practice experiences.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess health care providers' perceptions of student pharmacists involved as members of a general medicine team.
  
  
  METHODS
  A brief, anonymous, online survey instrument was distributed to 134 health care providers at 4 major medical centers in Massachusetts who interacted with Northeastern University student pharmacists during inpatient general medicine advanced pharmacy practice experiences beginning in March 2011. The survey instrument assessed health care provider perception of student pharmacists' involvement, preparedness, clinical skills, and therapeutic recommendations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 79 providers who responded, 96.2% reported that student pharmacists were prepared for medical rounds and 87.3% reported that student pharmacists were active participants in patient care. Also, 94.9% and 98.7% of providers indicated that student pharmacist recommendations were appropriate and accurate, respectively. The majority (61.8%) of providers believed that student pharmacist involvement on internal medicine teams was beneficial.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Provider perceptions regarding student pharmacist participation on general medicine practice experiences were mostly positive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. J.Lancaster@neu.edu
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Douglass
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gonyeau
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Adam B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: Margarita V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Divall
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods; D058006:General Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008404:Massachusetts; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: experiential education; perception; pharmacy; student pharmacist