title: Using grey literature to prepare pharmacy students for an evolving healthcare delivery system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of using "grey literature" (information internally produced in print or electronic format by agencies such as hospitals, government, businesses, etc) rather than a textbook in a course on healthcare delivery systems on students' perception of the relevance of healthcare delivery system topics and their ability to identify credible sources of this information.
  
  
  METHODS
  A reading from the grey literature was identified and assigned to the students for each topic in the course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pre- and post-course survey instruments were used for the assessment. Students reported healthcare delivery systems topics to be moderately relevant to the profession of pharmacy on both the pre- and post-course survey instruments. Students' knowledge of current and credible sources of information on healthcare delivery system topics significantly improved based on self-reports and scores on objective assessments (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Assignment of grey literature in a course on healthcare delivery systems can be used to ensure that information in the pharmacy school curriculum is the most current and credible information available.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC 29325, USA. lehappe@presby.edu
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Happe
authors.forename: Desiree'
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004346:Drug Information Services; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: grey literature; healthcare delivery system; healthcare reform