title: Attitudes of experiential education directors regarding tobacco sales in pharmacies in the USA.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Accreditation guidelines in the USA suggest that experiential sites for pharmacy students should demonstrate 'a strong commitment to health promotion and illness prevention'; however, most community pharmacies sell tobacco products. This study aimed to determine the proportion of students rotating through advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) sites where tobacco is sold and experiential education directors' perception regarding the sales of tobacco in APPE sites.
  
  
  METHODS
  A brief survey was distributed by mail to experiential education directors at US pharmacy schools. The survey characterized the proportion of students who rotate at practice sites where tobacco is sold, directors' perceptions of tobacco sales in experiential sites, and the number of hours of tobacco education in their pharmacy curricula.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Directors (n = 81; 63%) estimated that 69% of students rotate through sites where tobacco is sold. If given the opportunity to choose between two potential sites, where one sells tobacco and the other does not, 40% of directors would be unlikely to choose a site that sold tobacco.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With respect to tobacco sales, pharmacy schools are largely noncompliant with guidelines and resolutions of professional organizations.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, George Washington University MFA, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rider
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, George Washington University MFA, Washington, DC, USA.|Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, George Washington University MFA, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Vinayak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Karen Suchanek
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hudmon
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003132:Commerce; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010594:Pharmacies; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D062789:Tobacco Products; D014481:United States
keywords: experiential education; pharmacy; tobacco sale