title: A pharmaceutical industry elective course on practice experience selection and fellowship pursuit by pharmacy students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design and implement 2 pharmaceutical industry elective courses and assess their impact on students' selection of advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) and pursuit of pharmaceutical industry fellowships.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two 2-credit-hour elective courses that explored careers within the prescription and nonprescription pharmaceutical drug industries were offered for second- and third-year pharmacy students in a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The impact of the courses on pharmacy students' pursuit of a pharmaceutical industry fellowship was evaluated based on responses to annual graduating students' exit surveys. A greater percentage (17.9%) of students who had taken a pharmaceutical industry elective course pursued a pharmaceutical industry fellowship compared to all PharmD graduates (4.8%). Of the students who enrolled in pharmaceutical industry APPEs, 31% had taken 1 of the 2 elective courses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exposure to a pharmaceutical industry elective course within a college or school of pharmacy curriculum may increase students' interest in pursuing pharmaceutical industry fellowships and enrolling in pharmaceutical industry APPEs.
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Rhea
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Leona
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blustein
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.affiliation: University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004345:Drug Industry; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: education; pharmaceutical industry; pharmacy; student